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Minneosta 5, Ducks 1.

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The Ducks’ momentum officially took a turn for the worse Friday.

If the excuse of a back-and-forth game against a high-scoring Washington Capitals squad served as an excuse in Wednesday’s 7-6 loss in Anaheim, it was tougher to justify a 5-1 loss on the road to Minnesota. Corey Perry deflected a Bobby Ryan shot past Niklas Backstrom 3:30 into the game, but the Wild answered with five straight – including two on the power play and one short-handed – to ice the game.

Curtis McElhinney stopped 21 of 26 shots and looked no less vulnerable Friday than he did two days earlier. He allowed goals on consecutive shots by Eric Nystrom and Kyle Brodziak 27 seconds apart in the second period, making it a 4-1 game, and prompting Randy Carlyle to call timeout. Carlyle allowed his goalie to stay in, but one has to figure that the leash on McElhinney is a bit shorter now. Timo Pielmeier served as the backup for the second straight game, and he might well be the starter tomorrow night when the Ducks visit St. Louis.

Former Duck Matt Cullen, Martin Havlat and Mikko Koivu also scored for Minnesota. Koivu scored at 5:01 of the first period, then blocked an Andy Sutton shot at 7:09 and didn’t return. But the Ducks (32-23-4) couldn’t take advantage of a Wild squad (31-22-5) missing its best player.

The back-to-back losses mean the Ducks are still stuck in the same 68-point logjam at the bottom of the tight Western Conference playoff picture.

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Ray Emery on taking the next step.

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Which Ray Emery are the Ducks getting?

That’s the million-dollar question – rather, the prorated $500,000 question so long as he’s in the NHL, or the prorated $105,000 question as long as he’s in Syracuse. And from a physical standpoint, it’s a question no one – not even Emery himself – will be able to answer until he is playing a live hockey game.

He hasn’t done that in more than a year.
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Maxim Lapierre, Bob Murray comments on Ray Emery.

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This isn’t the only demerit in the Ray Emery file, but it’s among the most relevant to the Ducks:

That incident took place Feb. 10, 2007, almost four years to the day before Emery is set to join the Ducks organization – presuming the goalie clears waivers tomorrow and is assigned to AHL affiliate Syracuse.

Emery was playing for Ottawa at the time, and Ducks center Maxim Lapierre was a rookie with the Montreal Canadiens. The two might not see each other in the same dressing room until late in the season – if Emery gets an NHL call-up at all. Still, it was worth asking Lapierre how he felt about possibly being teammates with Emery.
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Ducks make Emery signing official.

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After several days of scuttlebutt, the Ducks officially announced the signing of Ray Emery, the man in the losing net when the Ottawa Senators lost to Anaheim in the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.

The scuttlebutt isn’t over. Emery must pass through waivers before the Ducks can bring Emery aboard and assign him to American Hockey League affiliate Syracuse. Emery’s two-way contract pays $500,000 in the NHL and $105,000 in the minors.

“Ray Emery has been a solid NHL netminder for several years and is only
28 years old,” Ducks general manager Bob
Murray said in a statement. “We are going to give him a chance to go to Syracuse and
establish himself again. He’s worked hard to get back into shape and we
are looking forward to seeing what he can do.”

Emery hasn’t played in 2010-11 while recovering from hip surgery that was performed in April of last year. In 29 games with the Philadelphia Flyers last season, Emery went 16-11-1 with a 2.64 goals-against average and .905 save percentage.

Emery’s agent, J.P. Barry, said last week that the goalie has worked hard to allay concerns about his health and could be ready to play in an AHL game Friday.

The skinny on Ray Emery.

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Ray Emery’s agent confirmed that the Ducks are one of “three or four” teams with interest in the goaltender, who is attempting to come back from a potentially career-threatening hip injury.

“I’ve had really good discussions with the Ducks,” J.P. Barry said Thursday. “I’ve been reaching out to teams because I feel that Ray’s ready.”

Emery has not played since his last game with the Philadelphia Flyers on Feb. 1, 2010. He was shut down for the season after being diagnosed with avascular necrosis, a condition in which bone cells die due to a lack of blood supply. The 28-year-old goalie underwent surgery to graft a bone from his lower leg into his hip and has been aggressively rehabilitating since.

Just how ready is Emery to return?

“I think if we put Ray on a team Monday, he could play Friday,” Barry said.

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