Welcome back to Puck Drop: NHL Preview 2013-14, where our hockey department gives you a detailed look at each team from around the NHL, leading to the start of this hockey season. Check back often as new teams are added to our Puck Drop page. Today we take a look at the 2013-14 Anaheim Ducks. Last Season: Nowhere […] READ MORE
Tag: Teemu Selanne
Teemu Forever: Well One More Year At Least
Breaking: Teemu Selanne has announced he will return to the Anaheim Ducks for the 2013-14 Season. The Ducks released the following video on the team’s youtube acount indicating that he isn’t quite ready for a career in Golf and will be back in Anaheim playing hockey at “the Pond” instead of hitting his drives into […] READ MORE
Dustin Penner Signs With Anaheim
Dustin Penner is back with the Anaheim Ducks. The big left wing, who was part of the 2007 Stanley Cup Champion Anaheim Ducks team, has returned to the club, signing a one-year-contract with the club worth $2 million. In the summer following the Stanley Cup win, Penner signed a 5-year $21.25 million offer sheet with […] READ MORE
Best Remaining NHL Free Agents
After three days of the NHL’s free agent frenzy, most of the biggest names are off the market. However, for teams still looking to upgrade their rosters, there are still a number of quality free agents out there. Forwards Jaromir Jagr, Boston Bruins 2012-13 Salary (before being Pro-Rated): $4.5 Million Cap Hit: $4.5 million. 2012-13 […] READ MORE
NHL Free Agent Frenzy Preview: The Forwards
Earlier in the week, I started my look into the NHL’s free agent market with a look at the top goaltenders available. Yesterday I took a look at the top defencemen available. Today I move on and look at the forwards. Its quite clear when looking at the three groups that the most desirable […] READ MORE
NHL Three Stars: All Time Greats of Pacific Division Teams
Welcome back to Peculiar Side of Sports. Every so often something in sports perplexes me, and I just hate not knowing something. So, I do what any normal, sane sports fan does – I search ad nauseam for the answer by any means necessary. The good news is that I take all my hard work and relay […] READ MORE
Are the Ducks the best team in the West?
“The Anaheim Ducks are the best team in the Western conference.” Is that sentence wrong? Does it sound odd? Am I stuck in 2006-07? Are Ducks the Cup favorite right now? Yes, no and maybe. The thing is there is only one team right now that has lost fewer games than the Ducks, that of […] READ MORE
Corey Perry signs a monster 8-year deal worth $69 million.
The Anaheim Ducks have signed Corey Perry to a long-term eight year deal. The deal is reported to be worth 69 million with the annual cap hit of 8.625 million each year. The contract expires following the 2020-21 season. Corey Perry has been one of the best players for the Ducks, as well as the […] READ MORE
Ducks sign captain Ryan Getzlaf to an eight-year contract extension
The Ducks have signed captain Ryan Getzlaf to an eight-year contract extension. “Getzlaf, 27, has appeared in 534 career NHL games with the Ducks, scoring 499 points and 504 penalty minutes. Named the eighth captain in Ducks history on Oct. 3, 2010, Getzlaf ranks third among all-time franchise leaders in points and assists, fifth in […] READ MORE
Ducks Fly Together: How Boudreau led Anaheim to the Top of the Pacific
The Anaheim Ducks have had a very impressive start to the NHL season. At 14-3-1 for 29 points in 18 games, they sit atop the Pacific Division. In fact, if it wasn’t for the incredible play of the Chicago Blackhawks, and the fact that they get ignored due to the fact that most of their […] READ MORE
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Ben Kerr
Ben is a sports fan from just outside Toronto, Canada. In his day job he works as a lawyer. At night he is the COO of Last Word on Sports. Most of his articles are focused on hockey prospects.