Ducks Drill Down: Playoffs? Playoffs!
‘Ducks Drill Down’ is a regular, ~weekly column that recaps the latest goings-on with the Anaheim Ducks. They say you want to be playing your best hockey going into the…
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Ducks’ Unsung Hero on Defense
In a season where the Anaheim Ducks’ defense corps has taken a hit with the trade of Sami Vatanen, a couple of blueliners have continued to elevate their games to…
Ducks Drill Down: Montour Scores, Bieksa & Manson Injured
‘Ducks Drill Down’ is a regular, ~weekly column that recaps the latest goings-on with the Anaheim Ducks. The Anaheim Ducks are back in third place in the Pacific Division following…
Hampus Lindholm: The NHL’s Most Underrated Defenseman
After finishing third in the league defensively, the Anaheim Ducks were sure to lose a talented defenseman to the Vegas Golden Knights via the expansion draft. However, thanks to general…
The Most Competitive Team the Golden Knights Could Ice
The NHL has released the protected lists for the Las Vegas expansion draft. Cue the excitement among Golden Knights fans dreaming up who will be at the T-Mobile Arena come…
Ducks’ Protection List Raises More Questions
I wrote a few days ago that the Anaheim Ducks would be, ahem…less than prudent to not buy out the remaining year of veteran defenseman Kevin Bieksa’s contract, given their predicament going…
Rumor Rundown: Ducks and Golden Knights Have Deal in Place
This morning at 10 am Eastern Time, the NHL revealed each of the 30 teams unprotected lists for the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft and social media exploded. Immediate questions arose…
2017 Expansion Draft Preview: Pacific Division
This is a collaboration between Vegas Golden Knights writers Thomas Conroy and Shayna Goldman analyzing the 2017 Expansion Draft by each division. Here are the previews for the Atlantic, Metropolitan…
Ducks Need to Protect Manson
The fantasy Anaheim Ducks fans had leading up to the expansion draft was that Kevin Bieksa would waive his no-movement clause (NMC) in order for the Ducks to protect their…
Upgrading Leafs Defense via Trade
In today’s NHL, there seems to be a small group of teams with stacked defensive cores. Since top defensemen are hard to come by, these teams hold a huge advantage in…
Ducks Defense: A Story of Successful Drafting
The Anaheim Ducks’ general manager, Bob Murray, knows how to work the draft. Its been almost a decade since the Ducks were given a top five pick (the last one…
THW Team Sabres Tackles the Offseason
Now that the Buffalo Sabres officially have their new general manager in Jason Botterill, the focus turns to the coaching search and other items on the to-do list for the…