Time for Anaheim Ducks to Focus what is important begins now. 2 few days Expansion Draft will begin and possibility our team will lose a player for 1st time in 17 years is high. Ducks will have decisions which will be tough....Who to Protect,Who to leave Unprotected or who to trade before the Exp Draft begins is going to make things interesting for this is opportunity that should be utilize by this team next week. Let's face it Ducks will have to leave some to be claimed by VGK or "Magnetos" as I will come them now........Yet It makes wonder what Ace up his sleeve. As we know Ducks need a Scoring Left Winger that was surely lacking during 16-17 Campaign. Many times Ducks Fans including myself speculate on who Ducks will give up and who will we get in return. Sami Vatanen's name popped up many times over the past few weeks...before that few months. Losing him or any Ducks Player for nothing is understandable since it will leave the Ducks nothing to be gain.
Which is why a Trade perhaps one that will SHOCK the hockey World again can Bring a sense of "WOW" and eyes on the Ducks as it did with Chris Pronger 11 years ago. IF Ducks can convince Bieksa to waive his NMC this gives Ducks to protect Fowler,Lindholm and Manson while leaving Bieska likely hood of being claim. OR say if Ducks make a trade with VGK for a player for draft picks....It can happen but possibility is unlikely since VGK will be picking one player from each of 30 teams including the Ducks. Whatever Bob Murray has in store for the Ducks it's important to see the Big Picture that lay ahead of us.
Ducks reach the NHL's Western Conference Final and doing so they must make a Pronger type Trade that will ROCK the Hockey World. 11 years ago IF Memory serves us well Ducks reach the Stanley Cup Final Four only to fall to Edm a year later they Claim their 1st Stanley Cup. Could History repeat Itself?.....Whoever Knows but as far as I am concern Expanison Draft presents the Ducks will a Chance to make a Deal If it mes Jumpstarting and Sparking that Fighting spirit of the Ducks...so BE IT!.
DuckPride 4ever
MooseDuck
Monday, June 12, 2017
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
June 6th 2007:10 years Later a Reflection by a Die hard Ducks Fan!
10 Years it seems like Yesterday yet we all remember where we were on that Special Night. All Ducks Fans know where they were watching that Game. Stanley Cup Final Game 5 at Honda Centre aka Ponda. Several Months I was in Anaheim for my Ducks/NHL Game. Getting all of Autographs of the Players,Coaching staff and Radio Broadcasters made that Night even more important. Ducks were ready,We were ready and yours truly was once the Puck Drop that Night....JS Giguere was in Net and Defence Corps was solid with likes of Norris Trophy winner Duo Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger,Vet Defencemen Sean O Donnell,then-Minor League D-man Francois Beauchemin along with Ric Jackman and Joe Dipenta a Reliable D-man who has roots in my hometown of Cole Harbour/Halifax Nova Scotia...Forwards comprise of Youth and Experience be it Todd Marchant,Andy Macdonald,Brad May,Rob Niedermayer,Travis Moen,Sammy Pahlsson who with Ducks Legend Teemu Selanne provide Experience. among the Forwards were the Youth who rep the Future...Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry aka "The Twins" as Ducks Fans call them,Drew Miller bro of Goalie Ryan Miller,Ryan Carter,Dustin Penner or as I call him "Big Pen" and few others including George Parros aka "Hammer of Anaheim" and a Backup Goalie with Quirky outlook on Life Ilya Bryzgalov.
That Edition of Anaheim Ducks Roster I sum up in 3 words....Youth,Experience and Aggression. Their Path to the Stanley Cup was a road where they Pummel,Defend,smash,Clawed their way to the Top. Each game I watch along with you to see imho Greatest Team our Ducks assemble made example out of Minnesota,Vancouver,Detroit(Our hated enemy) and Ottawa. I cannot express the smile I have right now as I reflect...I imagine all of you is doing the same thing. Watching a team we grew up with since Day1 and that Night of the game when the Puck Drop the Ducks were relentless,Hungry and with a Focus that is Single minded they left NOTHING to chance......They routed Ottawa 6-2 and when Buzzer sound I yelled "ANAHEIM DUCKS 4EVER". Crying tears of joy made me think of all the times I turn to this team for Motivation,Inspiration and many times invested in. Friends I made in Orange County California.....Players who signed my Ducks Uni back then. Of Course it was during my Tryst times in my youth connect with them when things were not good in my life. You can say this was my escape. It was magical and surreal...By the time Ducks Captain Scott Niedermayer....I yelled "To the Heavens" and raise my hands up in joy.
This Team that night a Decade ago was the Ducks "GOLD Standard". Now 10 years later as we look back we should always understand with motivation and Pride this team can positively impact Ducks Fans,Hockey Fans and Sports fans alike. I have read articles on Ducks Website and Of course we all watch the Ducks 2007 Stanley Cup DVD. Personally with all that has been going since 2007 the Ducks have Changed,Our outlook of this team has Changed for what it's worth we look towards our Ducks winning a 2nd Stanley Cup and restoring Glory to the Ducks Cause......It's not matter of How the Ducks win the Stanley Cup....Matter of when!. As I post this the NHL has named 2006-2007 Stanley Cup Champion Ducks as one of the Top 50 Greatest NHL Teams. That says something bout Anaheim Ducks and us as whole.
DuckPride 4ever
MooseDuck
That Edition of Anaheim Ducks Roster I sum up in 3 words....Youth,Experience and Aggression. Their Path to the Stanley Cup was a road where they Pummel,Defend,smash,Clawed their way to the Top. Each game I watch along with you to see imho Greatest Team our Ducks assemble made example out of Minnesota,Vancouver,Detroit(Our hated enemy) and Ottawa. I cannot express the smile I have right now as I reflect...I imagine all of you is doing the same thing. Watching a team we grew up with since Day1 and that Night of the game when the Puck Drop the Ducks were relentless,Hungry and with a Focus that is Single minded they left NOTHING to chance......They routed Ottawa 6-2 and when Buzzer sound I yelled "ANAHEIM DUCKS 4EVER". Crying tears of joy made me think of all the times I turn to this team for Motivation,Inspiration and many times invested in. Friends I made in Orange County California.....Players who signed my Ducks Uni back then. Of Course it was during my Tryst times in my youth connect with them when things were not good in my life. You can say this was my escape. It was magical and surreal...By the time Ducks Captain Scott Niedermayer....I yelled "To the Heavens" and raise my hands up in joy.
This Team that night a Decade ago was the Ducks "GOLD Standard". Now 10 years later as we look back we should always understand with motivation and Pride this team can positively impact Ducks Fans,Hockey Fans and Sports fans alike. I have read articles on Ducks Website and Of course we all watch the Ducks 2007 Stanley Cup DVD. Personally with all that has been going since 2007 the Ducks have Changed,Our outlook of this team has Changed for what it's worth we look towards our Ducks winning a 2nd Stanley Cup and restoring Glory to the Ducks Cause......It's not matter of How the Ducks win the Stanley Cup....Matter of when!. As I post this the NHL has named 2006-2007 Stanley Cup Champion Ducks as one of the Top 50 Greatest NHL Teams. That says something bout Anaheim Ducks and us as whole.
DuckPride 4ever
MooseDuck
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