Ducks Future and Past:Passion Connected

Looking at the roster of the admirals most of them Ducks Prospects and Players who will wear the Ducks D in the future. I cannot reflect on the past while awaiting the future. Oct 8th 19 years ago our Ducks played their first ever NHL Game....doing battle with their future Enemy Detroit Red Wings. Hebert was in Net and Sean Hill scored the first goal in Ducks History. It seem like yesterday that with a New Team they had a Logo and Unis that were unique and different it drew some Hockey fans to them. Those days were of struggle and a of defiance against a hockey establishment who saw our Ducks as a Joke. Remebering past Ducks like Troy Loney,Sean Hill,Ron Tugnutt,Antoli Semenov,Alexi Kastonov,Terry Yake and Bobby Dollas not to mention Joe Sacco...These were the predecessors who shaped the Ducks and began the path towards greatness. Sometimes in the past like the present Ducks fought to the end be it Winning or Losing. However like all players that either were traded or signed elsewhere another takes it's Place. As the years go by and seasons past on into NHL Record books and etched in Hockey History. We see New generation of Ducks arriving shorty IF the Lockout is fixed. Guys like Etem,DSP,Lasach,Brandon MacMillan,Dan Sexton,John Gibson and many others honing the skills in Norfolk and beyond. One has to believe that sooner or later these Young Guns will assume the mantle of the Ducks Cause as did Getzlaf,Perry,Ryan,Hiller,Fowler and Sbisa not long ago. Let's take into a account that Five years ago our Ducks won the Stanley Cup with names like Giguere,Niedermayer,Pronger,Marchant,Andy Mac and Samuel Pahlsson remember for their effort in advancing our team to Greatness and Hockey immortality. 4 years prior it was Steve Thomas,Adam Oates,late Ruslan Salei,Jason Krog,Vitaly Vishneski and of course Paul Kariya who left a mark in Ducks History. These names we remember cause they left a memory etch in our Souls and minds. There can be no doubt that new Crop of Ducks and Next Generation will get that chance....Hopefully soon. I believe that with Youth there is Passion, sometimes it must be tempered like a sword to withstand onslaught of doubt,haters and Trolls from other fans who look down our team. Whether or not the Lockout ends I hope it will....for Hope is a belief sometimes amidst the disappointment of truth. However with though that tommorow was suppose to be the Ducks Home Opener let us not give in to disapear and hope the future that is on the east coast can live up to the potentials and IF the Lockout ends expect some of them to be hungry to prove themselves in O.C as we know a team like the Ducks reminds us Life itself has difficulties that task our resolve.......GO DUCKS! DuckPride 4ever MooseDuck