AndyDucks - Anaheim Ducks blog with Andy Elvstrand

SITE HAS MOVED!

2010-08-11T06:07:00.003-06:00

The site will be undergoing some changes for the upcoming season, changing the URL adress in the process.

New site at:
http://www.andyheim.com/

Note: It might take one or two more days before everyone can see the site under the new domain.

Will be back...

2010-08-08T01:51:00.003-06:00

Hello everyone, haven't posted here in quite some time now. Thought I'd just assure you that I will be back doing the game previews and all that stuff when the season starts. The plan is to write again when training camp starts in about a month.

I have spent the summer working on other websites as well as doing some videos. Perhaps my best one, was up on Anaheim Calling yesterday due to the recent Paul Kariya rumours. For those not familiar with his site, check it out.

For more of my videos - visit my youtubechannel here.

Scott Niedermayer to retire

2010-06-22T12:57:00.001-06:00

Since I'm late here I'm just gonna link to the article on the OC Register here.

SvenskaFans.com is where my main focus needs to be. So while I'm writing news there I tend to be late here.

Anyways, it's a sad sad day in Anaheim and around the league that's for sure.

Still waiting...

2010-06-20T15:39:00.002-06:00

A couple of transitions got messed up in this one. But still, we all love Teemu.

While we're waiting...

2010-06-19T08:19:00.002-06:00

...for the draft and July 1st. Let's take a look at what we as Ducks fans can look forward to next season.

I'll post the other couple of videos I promised later. I'm saving the best for last.

Ducks re-sign Chipchura

2010-06-18T09:07:00.000-06:00

Center Kyle Chipchura has been re-signed.

According to capgeek.com, he has agreed to a one year deal with the Ducks for $0.65 million. He's set to become a restricted free agent again next summer.

Chipchura, 24, was aquired from the Montreal Canadiens early last season for a fourth round pick. He had 12 points (6+6) in 55 games with the Ducks, mainly playing the role as a shutdown center on the third line.

Short notes...

2010-06-17T11:46:00.002-06:00

...The latest rumours has Teemu Selanne coming back for another year. It all depends on what direction the Ducks are going, contending or re-building?

...Saku Koivu is likely to stay if Selanne comes back or if the teams stays competitive.

...Scott Niedermayer could be less likely to come back. But these aren't from any legit sources, so take it for what it's worth.

...No more news on Joe DiPenta yet.

...Paul Kariya, Mark Streit and Tomas Kaberle are the most rumoured additions to the Ducks. Streit and Kaberle is likely pure speculation, while the Kariya rumour could have some roots to it.

...No news on Bobby Ryan's status.

...Selanne and Niedermayer are likely to make up their minds during next week.

...Anaheim won't officially reveal their new third jersey until next season has already started.

...While I have not been very busy here, I've done some more videos which I will be uploading here.

...I forgot to mention the new AndyDucks logo in my previous post. The one you can see in the top banner and also down in the right corner. Credit goes to "Richer's Ghost" on HFboards.

Rumour: Mark Streit to Anaheim

2010-06-09T13:23:00.000-06:00

According to Slapshot.ch, a Swizz hockey site, Islanders defenseman Mark Streit could become a Duck.

Google translate:

Changes to dispute Hiller Anaheim?

Changes NHL Star Mark Streit of the New York Islanders to the Anaheim Ducks? According to "20 minutes" makes this rumor is currently in Anaheim and New York round.

It is rumored that the 32-year-old defender is scheduled to change in a spectacular trade from the Islanders to the Ducks. Anaheim would be something like the Swiss NHL branch - the club from California are already Jonas Hiller (28) and Luca Sbisa (20 under) contract.

What does Mark Streit? "I hear the news but for the first time, rumors about a trade with Anaheim, but it has been at an earlier date once," he explains over 20 minutes. "I do not expect a trade and I assume that I return in late summer to New York. But in this business you never know, because you always have to reckon with everything."

Dispute is currently in Zurich, and prepares a daily basis with his personal trainer to the new NHL.

Hopefully there will come some good sources in English. Because it's hard to get much out of that translation.

A replacement for Niedermayer? Or just an upgrade on defense? If salary is shed among forwards there should be room under the salary cap for Streit even with Visnovsky and Niedermayer on the team. Mark Streit has three years remaining on his contract and has a cap hit of $4.1 million. The 32-year old had 49 points (11+38) in 82 games with the Islanders this season.

Kind of ironic. Only days ago a made a thread over on HFboards about Mark Streit's value in a trade to Anaheim.

Ducks re-sign Brookbank

2010-06-02T18:09:00.000-06:00

Defenseman Sheldon Brookbank has agreed to a new two year contract with the Anaheim Ducks. The new deal will give a total of $1.5 million, which means a cap hit of $0,750,000 per year. Brookbank was very solid all year. Most Ducks fans will agree that this is a very good signing by GM Bob Murray.

Comments from Brookbank here.

Silly season

2010-06-02T03:28:00.006-06:00

Not a lot of rumours floating around at the moment. But I expect that to explode when the Stanley Cup finals are over.

There has been much speculation that Jason Blake or Joffrey Lupul will be the odd man out when (if) the Ducks are getting a new quality defenseman.

There's also been speculation about the possibility of Paul Kariya coming back to Anaheim. I would think there is some interest from his side, getting the chance to play with Teemu Selanne in Anaheim again.

But afterall, he did have that chance when he signed with the Blues three years ago. The differance this time is that he's unlikely to get any big tempting offers this summer. He also knows he has a good chance at getting his jersey honoured if he comes back and retires a Duck.

The Ducks cap situation is what makes it difficult though. If it's between Blake and Lupul when adding a top 4 defenseman, I guess both would have to be gone if the Ducks are going after Kariya as well. If just getting rid of one of them, it would take a big pay cut from Kariya to come back to Anaheim.

The only current rumour out there right now is Joe DiPenta being brought back. He has stated in his blog that he's been talking with the Ducks. But if he's back in the organization, it's likely in a coaching/development role either with Anaheim or Syracuse in the AHL.

If he indeed comes back to Anaheim in such a role, it's not completely off the books that he signs a contract at some point.

For instance, former NHL:er Eric Weinrich was an assistant coach with the Portland Pirates in the AHL during 2006/2007 and 2007/2008. Yet he appeared in 36 games in 2006/2007 and 52 games in 2007/2008 for the club. And he was 40 years old back in the day. Joe DiPenta is currently 31.

Yesterday it also became official that former Ducks defenseman Vitaly Vishnevski is staying in the KHL. After two seasons with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, "Vish" has agreed to a contract with SKA St. Petersburg.

Up running again + videos

2010-05-31T15:19:00.005-06:00

Hi everyone. Sorry for not leaving a message about taking some time off. This past month I've joined the staff on Eliteprospects/football. Meanwhile, school is in on it's last week before the summer holiday so there's been a lot going on there. I've also made a comeback in soccer (here I am) so I've been quite busy.

After Friday I'm free from school for 11-12 weeks, and then only have one year before I get my degree as a journalist. So hopefully I can get going here again. Draft is coming up in less than a month and then there's free agency. I'll try to fill in here with some rumours until then.

Although I've had some time off, at least I have a surprise for you. Here's three videos I've put together this past week. All are eligible for HD quality (first press play and then change from 360p to 720p).

Paul Kariya tribute:

Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Bobby Ryan tribute:

Mighty Ducks tribute:

Post #100

2010-04-26T11:22:00.002-06:00

I know I haven't written much lately. I've had a tough week to say the least now with a stomach illness and yesterday my car caught fire.

At this point in the offseason, nothing is really happening. So I'll will show some good Ducks youtube videos on here for the next month or so. Also, did you check out the survey on the Ducks official website? If you're a die hard fan, you really should. It might get us more news around the team and more comments from the GM and the players. Unless you vote for the official website to put effort into other things you feel are more important.

Video of today, created by jlaxhockey, he has a lot of great videos in high definition:

Budget issues for next season

2010-04-14T02:50:00.004-06:00

Bob Murray, the Ducks General Manager, might have some problems approaching him this summer. We know from recent years that the club isn't willing to spend up to the cap, there's an internal budget that Murray has to take into consideration when building his team.

With Bobby Ryan being in for a big raise this summer, and with the potential extensions with veterans Saku Koivu, Scott Niedermayer and Teemu Selanne, Murray probably has to move some names. But considering it's those four players causing the problems, you can call the issue quite pleasant.

Koivu has already expressed strong interest in staying in Anaheim, and a new deal with him is likely to be made. It would also help in terms of bringing his close friend Teemu Selanne back, obviously.

Bob Murray has stated that he's going to listen to offers, and that changes will be made. My guess is that he wants to add another top four defenseman, maybe two if the Ducks can't agree with James Wisniewski on a new contract.

And this is where the budget issue comes in. Let's say that Niedermayer and Selanne comes back, and that Ryan, Wisniewski and Koivu are re-signed along with some of the depth players, the club would likely be at 53-55 mil USD in terms of actual salary for next season. Which is a bit higher than the Ducks likely wants to be.

So how is Murray gonna end up getting a top four defenseman? Trades are likely to be made. Jason Blake has had a strong end of the season so perhaps there is a couple of teams that would be interested in him despite his cap hit. Joffrey Lupul is another candidate who because of his age and scoring upside holds some value. However, with his recent injury and surgery, trading him in the summer could be difficult. Also, with his play prior to the injury, I think Murray would rather not trade Joffrey Lupul unless he thinks that he can't come back to his top level.

Steve Eminger could be another guy who might have to leave. Todd Marchant is important to the club with his experience, but given that the Ducks only wanted to sign him to a one year deal last year, his future with the club is a little uncertain.

If Murray want's to add a top four defenseman, a couple of players must go. But there is another way out from the problem. If they agree to, Bobby Ryan and James Wisniewski can get backloaded contracts, meaning that they'll earn more money in future years than next season. It might still not be enough to solve things completely, but the amount of trades that Murray would have to do could be significantly less.

A pleasent issue or not, Murray will have much work in front of him if Selanne and Niedermayer comes back.

Game 82: Ducks vs Oilers

2010-04-11T15:32:00.001-06:00

Where? - Honda Center, California, Anaheim
When? - 8.00 PM EST / 5.00 PM PDT / 2.00 AM CET

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Online live streams:

ND Sportstalk (requires Internet Explorer and Web Sopcast)

Yahoo Sports (North American viewers only)

Justin.tv (install UltraSurf for Internet Explorer to avoid "become premium" messages.

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Listen Live

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Team comparison, Ducks - Oilers:

Games Played: 81-81
Points: 87-62
Power Play: 20.9% - 17.4%
Penalty Kill: 79.2% - 78.2%

Ducks record: 38-32-11 (12th in the Western Conference)
Oilers record: 27-46-8 (15th in the Western Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Nick Bonino - Corey Perry

Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne

Mike Brown - Kyle Chipchura - Troy Bodie

Dan Sexton - Ryan Carter - George Parros

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski

Sheldon Brookbank - Steve Eminger

Brendan Mikkelson - Aaron Ward

Jonas Hiller (Curtis McElhinney)

Notes:

- Lupul, Getzlaf, Festerling, Marchant and Visnovsky are out with injuries.

Oilers probable line up:

Dustin Penner - Ryan Potulny - Andrew Cogliano

Ethan Moreau - Shawn Horcoff - Fernando Pisani

Charles Linglet - Marc-Antoine Pouliot - Ryan Jones

Mike Comrie - Zach Stortini - Patrick O'Sullivan

Ryan Whitney - Tom Gilbert

Aaron Johnson - Dean Arsene
Taylor Chorney - Jason Strudwick

Jeff Deslauriers (Devan Dubnyk)

Notes:

- Jaques, Hemsky, Brule, Gagner, Khabibulin, Smid, Souray and Stone are all likely to be out with injuries.

- Forward Robert Nilsson is also questionable.

Game 81: Ducks vs Blues

2010-04-09T16:36:00.002-06:00

Where? - Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
When? - 8.00 PM EST / 5.00 PM PDT / 2.00 AM CET

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Online live streams:

None which has been announced yet, check back later.

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Listen Live

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Team comparison, Ducks - Blues:

Games Played: 80-80
Points: 87-87
Power Play: 21.0% - 16.9%
Penalty Kill: 79.6% - 86.6%

Ducks record: 38-31-11 (11th in the Western Conference)
Blues record: 39-32-9 (10th in the Western Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Nick Bonino - Corey Perry

Matt Beleskey - Jason Blake - Dan Sexton

Mike Brown - Kyle Chipchura - Troy Bodie

Brendan Mikkelson - Ryan Carter - George Parros

James Wisniewski - Brett Festerling

Steve Eminger - Aaron Ward

Sheldon Brookbank - Nathan Oystrick

Curtis McElhinney (Jonas Hiller)

Notes:

- Ducks are resting Marchant, Selanne, Koivu and Niedermayer.

- Lupul, Getzlaf and Visnovsky are out with injuries.

- Defenseman Brendan Mikkelson will play forward.

- Goalie Jonas Hiller is back from injury, but is likely to be backup tonight.

Blues probable line up:

Paul Kariya - David Backes - T.J. Oshie

Brad Winchester - Andy McDonald - Brad Boyes

Alexander Steen - Jay McClement - B.J. Crombeen

D.J. King - Keith Tkachuk - David Perron

Eric Brewer - Erik Johnson
Barret Jackman - Roman Polak
Carlo Coliacovo - Mike Weaver

Chris Mason (Ty Conklin)

Notes:

- Center Patrik Berglund is questionable (upper body).

- Defenseman Barret Jackman is questionable (upper body).

Game 80: Ducks vs Stars

2010-04-08T17:45:00.003-06:00

Where? - American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
When? - 8.30 PM EST / 5.30 PM PDT / 2.30 AM CET

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Online live streams:

ND Sportstalk (requires Internet Explorer and Web Sopcast)

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Listen Live

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Team comparison, Ducks - Stars:

Games Played: 79-80
Points: 86-84
Power Play: 21.0% - 18.7%
Penalty Kill: 79.4% - 77.6%

Ducks record: 38-31-10 (11th in the Western Conference)
Stars record: 35-31-14 (12th in the Western Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Nick Bonino - Corey Perry

Matt Beleskey - Jason Blake - Dan Sexton

Mike Brown - Kyle Chipchura - Troy Bodie

Brendan Mikkelson - Ryan Carter - George Parros

James Wisniewski - Brett Festerling

Steve Eminger - Aaron Ward

Sheldon Brookbank - Nathan Oystrick

Curtis McElhinney (Jonas Hiller)

Notes:

- Ducks are resting Marchant, Selanne, Koivu and Niedermayer.

- Lupul, Getzlaf and Visnovsky are out with injuries.

- Defenseman Brendan Mikkelson will play forward. Lines are a wild guess.

- Goalie Jonas Hiller is back from injury, but is likely to be backup tonight.

Stars probable line up:

Steve Ott - Brad Richards - Loui Eriksson

James Neal - Mike Ribeiro - Brandon Segal

Jamie Benn - Mike Modano - Jere Lehtinen

Fabian Brunnstrom - Toby Petersen - Brian Sutherby

Nicklas Grossman - Stephane Robidas
Mark Fistric - Trevor Daley
Karlis Skrastins - Matt Niskanen

Jonathan Quick (Jonathan Bernier)

Notes:

- Winger Brenden Morrow is questionable (foot).

- Krys Barch (leg) and Tom Wandell (knee are also out).

- Stars legends such as Mike Modano, Jere Lehtinen and Marty Turco might play their last game in the American Airlines Center.

Game 79: Ducks vs Kings

2010-04-06T18:05:00.000-06:00

Where? - Honda Center, Anaheim, California
When? - 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 4.00 AM CET

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Online live streams:

ND Sportstalk (requires Internet Explorer and Web Sopcast)

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Listen Live

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Team comparison, Ducks - Kings:

Games Played: 78-78
Points: 85-95
Power Play: 20.5% - 21.0%
Penalty Kill: 79.5% - 80.1%

Ducks record: 38-31-9 (11th in the Western Conference)
Kings record: 44-27-7 (7th in the Eastern Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Nick Bonino - Corey Perry

Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne

Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie

Mike Brown - Kyle Chipchura - George Parros

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski

Lubomir Visnovsky - Aaron Ward

Sheldon Brookbank - Steve Eminger

Curtis McElhinney (Joey MacDonald)

Notes:

- Center Ryan Getzlaf is likely out (ankle).

- Goaltender Jonas Hiller is also most likely out (back spasms).

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is out for the season (back).

- Probable healthy scratches: Dan Sexton, Ryan Carter, Brett Festerling, Nathan Oystrick

Kings probable line up:

Ryan Smyth - Anze Kopitar - Jeff Halpern

Alexander Frolov - Jarret Stoll - Dustin Brown

Fredrik Modin - Michal Handzus - Justin Williams

Scott Parse - Brad Richardson - Wayne Simmonds

Drew Doughty - Rob Scuderi
Jack Johnson - Peter Harrold
Sean O'Donnell - Matt Greene

Jonathan Quick (Jonathan Bernier)

Notes:

- Goalie Erik Ersberg is questionable (back spasms).

- Center Jeff Halpern is questionable (upper body).

Modig is staying in Sweden

2010-04-06T06:58:00.002-06:00

The Ducks prospect Mattias Modig has now officially signed a contract with Brynas. According to the clubs official website, it's a one year deal.

Source:
http://www.brynas.se/Nyheter/Mattias-Modig-klar-for-Brynas/

Translation:

Now it's finally confirmed that Mattias Modig is heading to Brynas next season. Modig has signed a one year contract with Brynas for the 2010/2011 season.

General manager Micke Sundlov keeps building his team, and has now signed a new goaltender for next season. The Lulea goaltender Mattias Modig (6'1/179lbs) has agreed to a one year contract with Brynas for the 2010/2011 season.

"It feels very exciting coming to Brynas, they seem like a good organization with a good team", Mattias Modig said.

"I've also met the goalie coach "Pecka" Alcen, who seems to be a really good guy."

"We lose Eddie Lack and likely Jacob Markstrom to the NHL", Brynas General Manger Micke Sundlov said.

"Due to that reason it feels great that we already have signed a replacement. Mattias has during many years proofed that he can play at this level, and he does it really well."

Mattias Modig, born 1987 in Lulea, is an allround goaltender who is fast down low along the ice. He has appeared in 126 SEL games with Lulea and has played three games for the national team. Brynas goalie coach Per-Erik Alcen has had his eyes on Mattias Modig for a long time, and he has liked what he's seen.

"Mattias has done a very good impression, it's exciting that he's coming to Brynas", Alcen said.

Mattias is a modern Swedish butterfly goaltender combined with some old school style. He is good educated, but still has much potential to develop further, and should be a good replacement in the Brynas net.

"It's a big and calm norrlander with a good head who is coming to us. Furthermore, he has always been good when he's played against us" Per-Erik Alcen said.

Game 78: Ducks vs Kings

2010-04-03T18:20:00.002-06:00

I was away yesterday and didn't have any access to Internet. But here it goes again.

Where? - Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
When? - 10.30 PM EST / 7.30 PM PDT / 4.30 AM CET

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Online live streams:

ND Sportstalk (requires Internet Explorer and Web Sopcast)

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Listen Live

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Team comparison, Ducks - Kings:

Games Played: 77-77
Points: 83-94
Power Play: 20.3% - 21.0%
Penalty Kill: 79.6% - 80.4%

Ducks record: 37-31-9 (11th in the Western Conference)
Kings record: 44-27-6 (7th in the Eastern Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Nick Bonino - Corey Perry

Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne

Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie

Mike Brown - Kyle Chipchura - George Parros

Scott Niedermayer - Steve Eminger

Lubomir Visnovsky - Aaron Ward

Brett Festerling - Sheldon Brookbank

Curtis McElhinney (Jean-Philippe Levasseur)

Notes:

- Defenseman James Wisniewski is back in the line up from an eight game suspension.

- Center Ryan Getzlaf is questionable (ankle).

- Goaltender Jonas Hiller is questionable (back spasms).

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is out for the season (back).

- Center Ryan Carter is likely to be a healthy scratch along with defenseman Nathan Oystrick or Brett Festerling.

Kings probable line up:

Ryan Smyth - Anze Kopitar - Jeff Halpern

Alexander Frolov - Jarret Stoll - Dustin Brown

Fredrik Modin - Michal Handzus - Justin Williams

Scott Parse - Brad Richardson - Wayne Simmonds

Drew Doughty - Rob Scuderi
Jack Johnson - Peter Harrold
Sean O'Donnell - Matt Greene

Jonathan Quick (Jonathan Bernier)

Notes:

- Goalie Erik Ersberg is questionable (back spasms).

- Center Jeff Halpern is questionable (upper body).

Teemu Selanne gets #601

2010-04-01T04:35:00.001-06:00

Congratulations to Teemu on goal number 601 of his NHL career, tied with Jari Kurri for most NHL goals by a fin ever!

And to all the fans: sit back and enjoy watching him, the next six games could very well be his last. I will do everythinng I can to make the games feel longer as I'm watching.

Game 76: Ducks vs Avalanche

2010-03-31T14:58:00.002-06:00

Where? Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Where? 9.00 PM EST / 6.00 PM PDT / 3.00 AM CET

Online streams:

ND Sportstalk (requires Internet Explorer and Web Sopcast)

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Listen live

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Team comparison, Ducks - Avalanche:

Games Played: 75 - 75
Points: 80 - 89
Power Play: 19.9% - 18.5%
Short handed: 79.4% - 80.4%

Ducks record: 36-31-8 (11th in the Western Conference)
Avalanche record: 41-27-7 (8th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Nick Bonino - Corey Perry

Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne
Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie

Mike Brown - Kyle Chipchura - George Parros

Scott Niedermayer - Steve Eminger
Lubomir Visnovsky - Aaron Ward

Brendan Mikkelson - Sheldon Brookbank

Curtis McElhinney (Jean-Philippe Levasseur)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery and is out for the remainder of the season.

- Center Ryan Getzlaf is day to day with an ankle sprain.

- Defenseman Aaron Ward is day to day with a bruised foot. UPDATE: Ward participated in the morning skate. He's likely to play tonight.

- Goaltender Jonas Hiller is day to day with back spasms.

- Likely to be healthy scratches (bold one most likely): One of Dan Sexton and Jason Blake, one of Mike Brown, George Parros and Ryan Carter and one of Brendan Mikkelson and Brett Festerling.

Avalanche probable line up:

Peter Mueller - Matt Duchene - Milan Hejduk

Kevin Porter - Paul Stastny - Chris Stewart
Cody McLeod - Ryan O'Reilly - Matt Hendricks
Darcy Tucker - T.J. Galiardi - John-Michael Liles

Kyle Quincey - Adam Foote
Scott Hannan - Kyle Quincey
Brett Clark - Ruslan Salei

Craig Anderson (Peter Budaj)

Notes:

- Winger David Koci is day to day (hand).

- Winger Brandon Yip is day to day (shoulder).

- Right winger David Jones is day to day (knee).

- Defenseman Ryan Wilson is day to day (head).

- Center Stephane Yelle is day to day (leg).

Ducks sign Matt Clark

2010-03-30T10:15:00.003-06:00

The Anaheim Ducks and 19-year old defenseman Matt Clark has agreed on a three year, entry level, contract. It's a two way deal and he will have a cap hit of $750,000 if he plays in the NHL.

Matt Clark was a 2nd round pick (#37 overall) by the Ducks in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. In 66 games with Brampton Battalion of the OHL this season, Clark has collected 23 points (7+16) along with 88 penalty minutes. He has developed into a primary shut down defensemen in the league this season and has 6 points (2+4) in 6 games during the playoffs.

Matt Clark also appeared in a preseason game with the Ducks back in September, without getting a point. He's set to become a restricted free agent in 2013.

Game 75: Ducks vs Stars

2010-03-29T16:39:00.001-06:00

Where? Honda Center, Anaheim, California
Where? 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 4.00 AM CET

Online streams:

KiloNet (requires Internet Explorer and Web Sopcast)

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Listen live

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Team comparison, Ducks - Stars:

Games Played: 74 - 75
Points: 78 - 80
Power Play: 19.8% - 18.7%
Penalty Kill: 79.3% - 76.6%

Ducks record: 35-31-8 (12th in the Western Conference)
Stars record: 33-28-14 (11th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Nick Bonino - Corey Perry

Dan Sexton - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne

Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie

Mike Brown - Kyle Chipchura - George Parros

Scott Niedermayer - Brett Festerling
Lubomir Visnovsky - Aaron Ward

Brendan Mikkelson - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller (Curtis McElhinney)

Notes:

- Center Ryan Getzlaf is day to day with an ankle sprain.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is out the rest of the season while recovering from back surgery.

- Defenseman James Wisniewski remains suspended for a few more games.

- Jason Blake or Dan Sexton is likely to be a healthy scratch tonight, but it could be Mike Brown as well. Ryan Carter is also likely to sit out tonight along with defenseman Steve Eminger (could be Brett Festerling).

Stars probable line up:

Steve Ott - Mike Richards - Loui Eriksson

James Neal - Mike Ribeiro - Brandon Segal
Brenden Morrow - Jamie Benn - Jere Lehtinen
Fabian Brunnstrom - Toby Petersen - Brian Sutherby

Nicklas Grossman - Stephane Robidas
Mark Fistric - Trevor Daley
Karlis Skrastins - Matt Niskanen

Kari Lehtonen (Marty Turco)

Notes:

- Winger Krys Barch is out for the season (leg).

- Center Mike Modano is out indefinetly (appendectomy).

- Center Tom Wandell is out for the season (knee).

- Defenseman Jeff Woywitka will likely serve as a healthy scratch.

Game 74: Ducks vs Oilers

2010-03-26T18:28:00.001-06:00

9:00 PM ET / 06:00 PM PT / 2:00AM CET

Watch online:

ND Sports (requires Web Sopcast and Internet Explorer)

And yes, I will go back to the more detailed game day info.

Modig hasn't heard from Anaheim yet

2010-03-26T08:24:00.011-06:00

The Ducks goaltender prospect Mattias Modig is going to Brynas in the SEL according to Newspaper Norrbottens-Kuriren. As I'm from northern Sweden, I know this paper very well and I assure you it's legit.

However, I found the story from Expressen, here it is:

Link in Swedish:
http://hockey.expressen.se/elitserien/1.1931648/modig-ersatter-markstrom-i-brynas

(press read more to see the whole story):

Translation:

Jacob Markstrom leaves for the NHL. But Brynas is getting Mattias Modig from Lulea, according to Norrbottens-Kuriren. In addition, Modig will be replaced by David Rautio from Oskarshamn.

While the SEL-playoffs are up and running, the silly season is heating up. Lulea - who missed the playoffs - won't be able to keep goaltender Mattias Modig next season.

According to Norrbottens-Kuriren, the 22-year old is heading to Brynas, where he will replace the super talented Jacob Markstrom, who is moving to the NHL. The reason for Modig's team change, is according to the newspaper, that Modig wants to develop under Brynas goalie coach Per-Erik Alcen.

"Modig has decided to take a pay cut to go to Brynas so he can have "Pekka" as his goalie coach", a source is telling Norbottens-Kuriren.

However, Brynas could still lose Modig if Anaheim of the NHL decides to bring him over to their organisation. Although Modig hasn't heard anything from Anaheim.

"Several SEL-teams are interested, but I can't say who. I'm also going to listen to what Lulea has to say.", Modig told Norrbottens-Kuriren.

According to Norrbottens-Kuriren, Lulea will replace Modig with David Rautio. Rautio was backup in Lulea in 2005/2006, but is currently playing in Oskarshamn.

I'm pretty sure Modig will hear from the Ducks during next month or the month after. With Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Justin Pogge now gone, and with Jean-Philippe Levasseur possibly not getting a new contract, I'm confident the Ducks and Modig will work something out this summer. But it remains to be seen if he will be loaned to the SEL or if he'll be brought over.

Game 73: Ducks vs Canucks

2010-03-24T18:04:00.000-06:00

Again, still sick (nothing serious) so here it goes...

The game starts at 10 PM EST, 7 PM PDT and 3 AM CET

Online live streams:

KiloNet (requires Web Sopcast and Internet Explorer)

Vexcast (requires Internet Explorer)

Yahoo Sports (North America only)

Game 72: Ducks vs Flames

2010-03-23T16:43:00.001-06:00

I'm still sick (nothing serious) so here it goes...

The game starts at 9 PM EST, 6 PM PDT and 3 AM CET

Online live streams:

Sports Stop 1 (requires Internet Explorer and Web Sopcast)

Game 71: Ducks vs Avalanche

2010-03-21T16:13:00.000-06:00

I'm not feeling fell, so I'm just show you where to watch tonight's game which starts 8.00 PM EST / 5 PM PDT / 2 AM CET

ND Sportstalk (requires Internet Explorer and Web Sopcast)

Game 70: Ducks vs Islanders

2010-03-19T16:00:00.000-06:00

Where? - Honda Center, Anaheim, California
When? - 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 4.00 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Islanders:

Games Played: 69-70
Points: 72-67
Power Play: 18.8% - 16.0%
Penalty Kill: 79.8% - 76.2%

Ducks record: 32-29-8 (13th in the Western Conference)
Islanders record: 29-32-9 (13th in the Eastern Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Ryan Getzlaf/Ryan Carter - Corey Perry

Dan Sexton - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne

Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Jason Blake

Mike Brown - Kyle Chipchura - Troy Bodie

Scott Niedermayer - Steve Eminger

Lubomir Visnovsky - Aaron Ward

Sheldon Brookbank - Brett Festerling

Jonas Hiller (Curtis McElhinney)

Notes:

- Defenseman James Wisniewski is suspended eight games.

- Center Ryan Getzlaf is questionable (ankle).

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery and could be out for the rest of the season.

Islanders probable line up:

Matt Moulson - John Tavares - Blake Comeau

Jeff Tambellini - Josh Bailey - Kyle Okposo

Sean Bergenheim - Frans Nielsen - Jon Sim

Trevor Gillies - Richard Park - Tim Jackman

Mark Streit - Bruno Gervais
Dustin Kohn - Jack Hillen
Freddy Meyer - Dylan Reese

Martin Biron

Dwayne Roloson

Notes:

- Goalie Rick DiPietro is out indefenitely (knee).

- Defenseman Radek Martinek is out for the rest of the season (leg).

- Defenseman Andrew MacDonald and right winger Kyle Okposo are questionable.

- Centers Rob Schremp and Doug Weight are out for the season.

- Forward Trent Hunter is day to day and might play.

Game 69: Ducks vs Blackhawks

2010-03-17T18:15:00.000-06:00

Where? - Honda Center, Anaheim, California
When? - 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 4.00 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Blackhawks:

Games Played: 68-68
Points: 70-94
Power Play: 18.9% - 19.5%
Short handed: 79.6% - 84.2%

Ducks record: 31-29-8 (13th in the Western Conference)
Blackhawks record: 44-18-6 (2nd in the Western Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Dan Sexton - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne
Jason Blake - Todd Marchant - Ryan Carter
Matt Beleskey - Kyle Chipchura -Troy Bodie

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski
Lubomir Visnovsky - Aaron Ward
Brett Festerling - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller (Curtis McElhinney)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is still recovering from back surgery and could miss the remainder of the season.

- Right winger Teemu Selanne and center Ryan Getzlaf are questionable to contest.

Blackhawks probable line up:

Patrick Sharp - Jonathan Toews - Patrick Kane
Troy Brouwer - Dave Bolland - Marian Hossa
Andrew Ladd - Kris Versteeg - Tomas Kopecky
Ben Eager - John Madden - Dustin Byfuglien

Duncan Keith - Brent Seabrook
Niklas Hjalmarsson - Kim Johnsson
Brent Sopel - Jordan Hendry

Corey Crawford (Antti Niemi)

Notes:

- Goaltender Cristobal Huet is out with the flu.

- Right winger Marian Hossa is questionable for tonight's game with an upper body injury.

- Defenseman Brian Campbell will miss the remainder of the season with a rib injury.

Game 68: Ducks vs Sharks

2010-03-14T17:24:00.000-06:00

Where? - Honda Center, Anaheim, California
When? - 8.00 PM EST / 5.00 PM PDT / 2.00 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Sharks:

Games Played: 67-67
Points: 68-96
Power Play: 19.4% - 22.9%
Penalty Kill: 79.3% - 85.8%

Ducks record: 30-29-8 (13th in the Western Conference)
Sharks record: 43-14-10 (1st in the Western Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan Matt Beleskey - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne
Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie
Mike Brown - Kyle Chipchura - Dan Sexton

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski
Lubomir Visnovsky - Aaron Ward
Sheldon Brookbank - Steve Eminger

Jonas Hiller (Curtis McElhinney)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is still recovering from back surgery and could miss the rest of the season.

Sharks probable line up:

Dany Heatley - Joe Thornton - Devin Setoguchi
Patrick Marleau - Joe Pavelski - Ryane Clowe
Jed Ortmeyer - Manny Malhotra - Torrey Mitchell
Jamie McGinn - Scott Nichol - Brad Staubitz

Niclas Wallin - Dan Boyle
Douglas Murray - Rob Blake
Kent Huskins - Jay Leach

Evgeni Nabokov (Thomas Greiss)

Notes:

- Defenseman Douglas Murray is queistonable for tonight's game because of a lower body injury.

- Defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic should be back during the upcoming week but remains out with a knee injury at this point.

Game 67: Ducks vs Predators

2010-03-12T17:38:00.001-06:00

Where? Honda Center, Anaheim, California
Where? 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 04.00 AM CET

Online streams:

KiloNet Sports (requires Web Sopcast and Internet Explorer)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Predators:

Games Played: 66 - 67

Points: 68 - 77
Power Play: 19.5% - 17.9%

Short handed: 79.3% - 75.7%

Ducks record: 30-28-8 (13th in the Western Conference)
Predators record: 36-26-5 (7th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne

Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie

Mike Brown - Kyle Chipchura - Dan Sexton

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski
Lubomir Visnovsky - Aaron Ward

Sheldon Brookbank - Steve Eminger

Jonas Hiller (Curtis McElhinney)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is still recovering from back surgery and could miss the remainder of the season.

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is back from flu like syndroms.

- The Ducks healthy scratches will likely be George Parros, Ryan Carter and Brett Festerling.

Predators probable line up:

Colin Wilson - Jason Arnott - Martin Erat

Jerred Smithson - David Legwand - Joel Ward
Steve Sullivan - Marcel Goc - Patric Hörnqvist
J.P. Dumont - Dustin Boyd - Jordin Tootoo

Ryan Suter - Shea Weber
Dan Hamhuis - Kevin Klein
Francis Bouillon - Cody Franson

Pekka Rinne (Dan Ellis)

Notes:

- Defenseman Denis Grebeshkov is likely out with a lower body injury.

- Forwards Cal O'Reilly and Wade Belak are likely to serve as healthy scratches along with defenseman Alexander Sulzer.

Game 66: Ducks vs Blue Jackets

2010-03-09T19:06:00.000-06:00

Where? - Honda Center, Anaheim, California
When? - 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 4.00 AM CET

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Online live streams:

Justin.tv (requires Internet Explorer. Also, to avoid "become a premium user" messages, you need to download the UltraSurf client)

KiloNet (requires Internet Explorer and Web Sopcast)

Vexast (requires Internet Explorer)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Blue Jackets:

Games Played: 65-64
Points: 68-61
Power Play: 20.1% - 19.0%
Penalty Kill: 80.0% - 81.7%

Ducks record: 30-27-8 (12th in the Western Conference)
Blue Jackets record: 25-30-11 (14th in the Western Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne

Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie

Mike Brown - Kyle Chipchura - Dan Sexton

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski

Lubomir Visnovsky - Aaron Ward

Sheldon Brookbank - Steve Eminger

Jonas Hiller (Curtis McElhinney)

Notes:

- Right winger George Parros will likely serve as a healthy scratch tonight along with center Ryan Carter and defenseman Brett Festerling.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery and could be out for the rest of the season.

Blue Jackets probable line up:

R.J. Umberger - Derick Brassard - Jakub Voracek

Andrew Murray - Antoine Vermette - Derek MacKenzie

Chris Clark - Samuel Pahlsson - Derek Dorsett

Nathan Paetsch - Michael Blunden - Jared Boll

Kris Russell - Mike Commodore
Jan Hejda - Marc Methot
Fedor Tyutin - Anton Stralman

Mathieu Garon
Steve Mason

Notes:

- Left Wingers Kristian Huselius and Rick Nash are expected to miss tonight's game and center Michael Blunden is also questionable.

- Defenseman Rostislav Klesla is out with a leg injury and should be back later this month.

Visnovsky's first as a Duck

2010-03-09T05:08:00.002-06:00

Playoffs is looking more and more like a pipe dream. The last few games has been "must win games", but tonight it really is. I'll write more on this later as I'm at work currently.

Meanwhile, let's have a look at this again:

Game 65: Ducks vs Canadiens

2010-03-07T13:10:00.001-06:00

Where? - Honda Center, Anaheim, California
When? - 8.00 PM EST / 5.00 PM PDT / 2.00 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Canadiens:

Games Played: 64-66
Points: 67-68
Power Play: 19.8% - 24.3%
Penalty Kill: 79.8% - 83.5%

Ducks record: 30-27-6 (13th in the Western Conference)
Canadiens record: 31-29-6 (8th in the Eastern Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne

Bobby Ryan - Ryan Carter - Dan Sexton

Todd Marchant - Kyle Chipchura - Troy Bodie

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski

Lubomir Visnovsky - Aaron Ward

Sheldon Brookbank - Steve Eminger

Jonas Hiller (Curtis McElhinney)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is still recovering from back surgery. He might be out for the remainder of the season.

- Forwards Mike Brown and George Parros will likely serve as healthy scratches.

Canadiens probable line up:

Tom Pyatt - Tomas Plekanec - Andrei Kostitsyn

Benoit Pouliot - Scott Gomez - Brian Gionta

Travis Moen - Dominic Moore - Sergei Kostitsyn

Mathieu Darche - Glen Metropolit - Ben Maxwell

Andrei Markov - Ryan O'Byrne

Roman Hamrlik - Jaroslav Spacek

Hal Gill - Josh Gorges

Carey Price (Jaroslav Halak)

Notes:

- Center Maxim Lapierre is suspended. He'll be eligible to return March 13 against Boston.

- Defenseman Paul Mara is out with an upper body injury.

- Defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron (leg) and forward Mike Cammalleri (knee) will be out until late March.

Game 64: Ducks vs Coyotes

2010-03-06T14:31:00.006-06:00

Where? Jobing Arena, Phoenix, Arizona
Where? 8.00 PM EST / 5.00 PM PDT / 2.00 AM CET

Online streams:

Vexcast (requires Internet Explorer)

(Stream is not working. Unfortunately, there's no other options. We can only hope for Vexcast to make the stream work.)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Coyotes:

Games Played: 63 - 65
Points: 67 - 81
Power Play: 20.4% - 14.7%
Short handed: 79.8% - 83.3%

Ducks record: 30-26-7 (13th in the Western Conference)
Coyotes record: 38-22-5 (4th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks probable line up:

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne

Bobby Ryan - Ryan Carter - Dan Sexton

Todd Marchant - Kyle Chipchura - Troy Bodie

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski
Lubomir Visnovsky - Aaron Ward

Sheldon Brookbank - Steve Eminger

Jonas Hiller (Curtis McElhinney)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul's is still recovering from back surgery and could be out for the remainder of the season.

- Forwards Mike Brown and Geroge Parros will likely serve as healthy scratches.

- Defensemen Lubomir Visnovsky and Aaron Ward are set to make their Ducks debute. Goaltender Curtis McElhinney will also be dressed as a Duck for the first time as he will backup Jonas Hiller. The three players were aquired at the trade deadline.

Coyotes probable line up:

Wojtek Wolski - Matthew Lombardi - Shane Doan

Petr Prucha - Martin Hanzal - Radim Vrbata
Daniel Winnik - Vernon Fiddler - Lee Stempniak
Lauri Korpikoski - Robert Lang - Petteri Nokelainen

Derek Morris - Keith Yandle
Jim Vandermeer - Adrian Aucoin
Ed Jovanovski - Zbynek Michalek

Ilya Bryzgalov (Jason Labarbera)

Notes:

- Defenseman Kurt Sauer is out indefinetly with an upper body injury..

- Forward Scottie Upshall is out for the remainder of the season with a knee injury.

- Forward Petteri Nokelainen will meet his former club as he was traded from Anaheim to Phoenix at the trade deadline just three days ago.

Game 63: Ducks vs Avalanche

2010-03-03T18:26:00.005-06:00

Where? Honda Center, Anaheim, California
Where? 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 4.00 AM CET

Online streams:

KiloNet (requires Internet Explorer and Web Sopcast)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Avalanche:

Games Played: 62 - 62
Points: 67 - 76
Power Play: 20.0% - 17.0%
Short handed: 80.6% - 82.6%

Ducks record: 30-25-7 (11th in the Western Conference)
Avalanche record: 35-21-6 (6th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan- Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne
Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Dan Sexton

Mike Brown - Kyle Chipchura - Troy Bodie
Ryan Carter

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski

Sheldon Brookbank - Steve Eminger
Brett Festerling

Jonas Hiller (Timo Pielmeier)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is out indefenitely as he is still recovering from back surgery.

- The new defensemen Lubomir Visnovsky and Aaron Ward will arrive in Anaheim later tonight, but not in time for the game. The Ducks will dress only five defensemen. Meanwhile, they will dress 13 forwards.

- Same thing with the new goaltenders. Joey MacDonald and Curtis McElhinney has yet to arrive in Anaheim since getting traded. Timo Pielmeier has been recalled from Bakersfield and will backup Jonas Hiller tonight.

- Right winger George Parros is likely to serve as healthy scratches.

Avalanche probable line up:

T.J. Galiardi - Paul Stastny - Chris Stewart

Marek Svatos - Matt Duchene - Peter Mueller
Kevin Porter - Ryan O'Reilly - Cody McLeod
Chris Durno - Matt Hendricks - Darcy Tucker

Kyle Quincey - Scott Hannan
Ruslan Salei - Brett Clark
John-Michael Liles - Adam Foote

Craig Anderson (Peter Budaj)

Notes:

- Forward David Jones is out until late March with a knee injury.

- Forward Milan Hejduk will also miss tonight's game with back issues.

- Forward Brandon Yip is out until early April with shoulder issues. Forward Ryan Stoa has also a shoulder injury which might keep him out for the remainder of the season.

- Defenseman Kyle Cumiskey is out with a concussion.

Nick Boynton traded...

2010-03-02T17:59:00.000-06:00

...to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for future considerations. And I was actually awake for once. Not a surprise he is gone at all, but there has obviously been question marks if he had any value at all since he wasn't picked off waivers earlier.

It's getting closer

2010-03-02T06:52:00.002-06:00

So I was up until 2 AM here in Sweden despite having school today. And of course, the Ducks made a deal after that so I'm late out to report it. Evgeny Artyukhin to Atlanta in exchange for defenseman Nathan Oystrick and a 2011 conditional draft pick. I'm really surprised Oystrick has yet to play in the NHL this season, and apparently, he's not in the Ducks plans this year. A good depth player, but already 27 years of age. That's high for a prospect.

He's described as an offensive defenseman, but can play physical and drop the gloves despite his small stature. He still needs to limit his mistakes though, otherwise he'd be a NHL regular already. He should be somewhat like Sheldon Brookbank, but prone to more mistakes defensively but with more offensive flare.

There's no new rumours around the Ducks for now. But there has obviously been speculation that James Wisniewski will be traded. Also, the Ducks still has more than enough forwards to fill the lines with. Especially since it seems Dan Sexton will be with the team despite getting re-assigned the other day.

“Oystrick is a player we expect to battle for a position on our defense next year. In addition, this opens up a roster spot to bring Sexton back, which is something we felt was important.” -

Those were the Ducks GM Bob Murray's words after the trade.

Trade deadline coming up

2010-03-01T14:17:00.002-06:00

A long break here. The plan was to give reports on our Ducks Olympians during the break but I felt I had to take some time off. Anyways, the Ducks came home with as many as seven medals from the tournament. The only two who didn't get a medal was Luca Sbisa and Jonas Hiller on the Swiss team. Sbisa looked really impressive throughout the whole tournament and I don't see how he wouldn't be ready for the NHL next season.

I wasn't gonna write much more right now. But as you know, the trade deadline is coming up in a couple of days so it's gonna be an interesting time to follow. Jordan Leopold was already traded to Pittsburgh today, a defenseman I'm a big fan of. He would would have been a nice addition to a questionable defense for sure.

At first I was like: "The Pens only had to give up a 2nd round pick, why didn't we match that?" But apparently, Leopold had a no trade clause in his contract. When Pittsburgh came with an offer, Leopold agreed on getting traded.

The latest rumours involving Anaheim seems to be Joffrey Lupul going to either Pittsburgh or Buffalo. But that's a rumour taken from Eklund. Also, if there's any interest in Lupul from other teams, it should be from teams looking to rebuild. Pittsburgh and Buffalo are both teams that should be looking to make their teams stronger going in to the playoffs. Therefore, adding Lupul probably isn't the best idea as it's uncertain he will be able to play more this season.

Hedstrom talks about his time in Anaheim

2010-02-20T12:26:00.008-06:00

Remember Jonathan Hedstrom? The Swedish winger who played four games with Anaheim in the NHL in 2002/2003 and 79 games in 2005/2006. At the end of the 2005/2006 season he went back to Sweden due to personal issues. In a recent interview with the Swedish website hockeykanalen.se (which was aired on the site's web-TV channel) Hedstrom among many other things talked about his time in Anaheim and what really happened.

On how his eating disorders started:

"We measured our weight every Monday in Anaheim and one time I was 2.2 lbs too heavy and my punishment was that I had to do laps in front of the other guys. At that point I got sulky, which worked out well in terms of my game but other things got unfortunate."

On if it stings that he missed winning the Stanley Cup as he went home:

"Yes it does of course. I played with Pahlsson and Niedermayer there and we had a good chekingline and I got a lot of icetime. I think I recieved about 18 minutes of icetime per game. Of course it's hard, but it's really not somehing I'm thinking about now."

On how much weight he lost:

"When I came to the Olympics that year I was at only 169.4 lbs. I had lost about 22 pounds in just a couple of months and obviously wasn't healthy. Now I'm back at 189.2 lbs so my body feels good. Sure, sometimes I still have problems eating, but it's not something that disturbs me in my everyday life."

Hedstrom is having a tough year with Lulea of the Swedish Elite League as he has 14 assists along with only 1 goal in 41 games thus far. And speaking of Lulea, Hedstrom is teammate with Mattias Modig. The Ducks goaltender prospect lost the starting job to Islanders prospect Anders Nilsson early in the season but is now back as the number one.

And on the question who he rather has behind him as the team is fighting to keep their play off spot for the remaining games of the regular season, Hedstrom had this to say:

"Modig has been playing really good lately. I think it was him who stepped up last year as well. Nilsson has played only one game since returning from the WJHC's I think. He's training really hard and if he gets the chance I think he will succeed. But at this point I'm going with Modig."

The interview in Swedish is here.

Huge night for Getzlaf and the other Ducks Olympians

2010-02-15T04:55:00.007-06:00

Things didn’t look too great for Ryan Getzlaf just a couple of days ago. I’m obviously talking about his ankle sprain. Fortunately, he will be able to participate in the Olympics since returning to the ice against the Edmonton Oilers in a 7-3 victory last night. Team Canada’s GM Steve Yzerman won’t have to worry now, as Getzlaf proved to be in good shape scoring 4 points (2+2).

The Ducks will have as many as nine players in the Olympics, and almost every single one of them notched at least a point in the very important win over the Oilers.

…Ryan Getzlaf (Canada) had as mentioned 2 goals and 2 assists.

…Corey Perry (Canada) had one goal and one assist.

…Scott Niedermayer (Canada) had one goal and one assist.

…Bobby Ryan (USA) also had one goal and one assist.

…Ryan Whitney (USA) put up one assist.

…Saku Koivu (Finland) scored one goal.

…Teemu Selanne (Finland) picked up a couple of assists.

You could pretty much say that each Ducks Olympian picked up at least one point. The only Ducks Olympians who didn’t were Jonas Hiller, who’s obviously a goaltender, and Luca Sbisa, the young defenseman who isn’t even playing with the Ducks at this point as he’s in juniors. Both will represent Switzerland in the tournament.

Game 62: Ducks vs Oilers

2010-02-14T15:02:00.001-06:00

Where? - Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta
When? - 7.00 PM EST / 4.00 PM PDT / 1.00 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Oilers:

Games Played: 61-60
Points: 65-44
Power Play: 19.2% - 18.5%
Penalty Kill: 80.6% - 76.6%

Ducks record: 29-25-7 (11th in the Western Conference)
Oilers record: 19-35-6 (15th in the Western Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne

Todd Marchant - Kyle Chipchura - Troy Bodie

Jason Blake - Ryan Carter - George Parros

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski

Ryan Whitney - Steve Eminger
Sheldon Brookbank - Brett Festerling

Jonas Hiller (Vesa Toskala)

Notes:

- Center Ryan Getzlaf is questionable for tonight's game with an ankle sprain.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery. A recovery which has been slowed down because of an infaction. He is likely to be out until mid March-early April.

Oilers probable line up:

Dustin Penner - Andrew Cogliano - Robert Nilsson

Patrick O'Sullivan - Ryan Potulny - Mike Comrie

Ethan Moreau - Shawn Horcoff - Fernando Pisani

Jean-Francois Jacques - Marc-Antoine Pouliot - Zach Stortini

Denis Grebeshkov - Lubomir Visnovsky

Tom Gilbert - Jason Strudwick

Taylor Chorney - Alex Plante

Jeff Deslauriers (Bryan Pitton)

Notes:

- Right winger Ales Hemsky is out for the remainder of the season due to a shoulder injury. Goaltender Nikolai Khabubilin is also likely to be out for the rest of the season because of back issues.

- Center Sam Gagner is out until at least early March with a knee injury.

- Center Ryan Stone is out with a knee injury for an uncertain period of time.

- Defenseman Sheldon Souray is likely to be out until mid March with a broken hand.

- Defenseman Ladislav Smid is out with an arm injury.

- Defenseman Steve Staios is likely to serve as a healthy scratch along with Right winger Robert Nilsson and center Gilbert Brule.

Game 61: Ducks vs Flames

2010-02-13T16:46:00.000-06:00

Where? - Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta
When? - 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 4.00 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Flames:

Games Played: 60-61
Points: 65-67
Power Play: 19.3% - 17.0%
Penalty Kill: 80.4% - 83.1%

Ducks record: 29-24-7 (11th in the Western Conference)
Flames record: 29-23-9 (8th in the Western Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne

Todd Marchant - Kyle Chipchura - Troy Bodie

Jason Blake - Ryan Carter - Mike Brown

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski

Ryan Whitney - Steve Eminger

Brett Festerling - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller (Vesa Toskala)

Notes:

- Center Ryan Getzlaf is questionable for tonight's game with a ankle sprain. Wheater he will play or not will be a game time decision.

- Right winger George Parros will likely serve as a healthy scratch tonight along with center Petteri Nokelainen and winger Evgeny Artyukhin.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery. A recovery which has been slowed down because of an infaction. He is now likely to be out until April.

Flames probable line up:

Niklas Hagman - Matt Stajan - Jarome Iginla

Chris Higgins - Daymond Langkow - Ales Kotalik

Dustin Boyd - Mikael Backlund - Brian McGrattan

Curtis Glencross - Eric Nystrom - Jamal Mayers

Jay Bouwmeester - Cory Sarich

Robyn Regehr - Ian White

Mark Giordano - Adam Pardy

Miikka Kiprusoff (Curtis McElhinney)

Notes:

- Wingers Nigel Dawes (leg) and David Moss (shoulder) will be out until at least mid February.

- Left winger Rene Bouruqe will be out until early March with a shoulder injury.

- Center Craig Conroy is out indefinitely with a knee injury.

- Defenseman Aaron Johnson will serve as a healthy scratch.

Game 60: Ducks vs Oilers

2010-02-10T17:06:00.000-06:00

Where? - Honda Center, Anaheim, California
When? - 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 4.00 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Oilers:

Games Played: 59-58
Points: 63-42
Power Play: 19.5% - 18.7%
Penalty Kill: 80.1% - 75.5%

Ducks record: 28-24-7 (11th in the Western Conference)
Kings record: 18-34-6 (15th in the Western Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Matt Beleskey - Saku Koivu - Corey Perry
Bobby Ryan - Jason Blake - Teemu Selanne

Todd Marchant - Kyle Chipchura - Troy Bodie

Mike Brown - Ryan Carter - George Parros

Scott Niedermayer - Brett Festerling

Ryan Whitney - Steve Eminger
Sheldon Brookbank - James Wisniewski

Jonas Hiller (Vesa Toskala)

Notes:

- Center Ryan Getzlaf is day to day with an ankle sprain.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery. A recovery which has been slowed down because of an infaction. He is likely to be out until mid March-early April.

- Center Petteri Nokelainen will likely serve as a healthy scratch tonight along with winger Evgeny Artyukhin.

Oilers probable line up:

Dustin Penner - Sam Gagner - Andrew Cogliano

Patrick O'Sullivan - Ryan Potulny - Mike Comrie

Ethan Moreau - Shawn Horcoff - Fernando Pisani

Jean-Francois Jacques - Marc-Antoine Pouliot - Zach Stortini

Denis Grebeshkov - Lubomir Visnovsky

Tom Gilbert - Jason Strudwick

Taylor Chorney - Alex Plante

Jeff Deslauriers (Bryan Pitton)

Notes:

- Right winger Ales Hemsky is out for the remainder of the season due to a shoulder injury. Goaltender Nikolai Khabubilin is also likely to be out for the rest of the season because of back issues.

- Center Ryan Stone is out with a knee injury for an uncertain period of time.

- Defenseman Sheldon Souray is likely to be out until mid March with a broken hand.

- Defenseman Ladislav Smid is out with an arm injury.

- Defenseman Steve Staios is likely to serve as a healthy scratch along with Right winger Robert Nilsson and center Gilbert Brule.

Game 59: Ducks vs Kings

2010-02-08T16:08:00.001-06:00

Where? - Honda Center, Anaheim, California
When? - 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 4.00 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Kings:

Games Played: 58-58
Points: 61-75
Power Play: 18.9% - 19.5%
Penalty Kill: 79.8% - 80.4%

Ducks record: 27-24-7 (12th in the Western Conference)
Kings record: 36-19-3 (4th in the Western Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne

Todd Marchant - Kyle Chipchura - Troy Bodie

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Carter - Mike Brown

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski

Ryan Whitney - Steve Eminger

Brett Festerling - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller (Vesa Toskala)

Notes:

- Right winger George Parros will likely serve as a healthy scratch tonight along with center Petteri Nokelainen and winger Evgeny Artyukhin.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery. A recovery which has been slowed down because of an infaction. He is likely to be out until mid March-early April.

Kings probable line up:

Brad Richardson - Anze Kopitar - Wayne Simmonds

Ryan Smyth - Jarret Stoll - Dustin Brown

Alexander Frolov - Michal Handzus - Scott Parse

Raitis Ivanans - Oscar Moller - Brandon Segal

Rob Scuderi - Drew Doughty

Peter Harrold - Jack Johnson

Matt Greene - Sean O'Donnell

Jonathan Quick (Erik Ersberg)

Notes:

- Defenseman Davis Drewiske is day to day with a shoulder injury.

- Right winger Justin Williams has a leg injury that is likely to hold him out until late March.

- Center Andrei Loktionov is out with a shoulder injury until early March.

- Forward Ted Purcell and defensemen Randy Jones and Alec Martinez are likely to serve as healthy scratches.

Game 58: Ducks vs Kings

2010-02-04T18:56:00.046-06:00

Where? - Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
When? - 10.30 PM EST / 7.30 PM PDT / 4.30 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Kings:

Games Played: 57-56
Points: 61-71
Power Play: 19.0% - 19.0%
Penalty Kill: 80.4% - 79.9%

Ducks record: 27-23-7 (11th in the Western Conference)
Kings record: 34-19-3 (5th in the Western Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne

Todd Marchant - Kyle Chipchura - Troy Bodie

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Carter - Mike Brown

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski

Ryan Whitney - Steve Eminger

Brett Festerling - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller (Vesa Toskala)

Kings probable line up:

Brad Richardson - Anze Kopitar - Wayne Simmonds

Ryan Smyth - Jarret Stoll - Dustin Brown

Alexander Frolov - Michal Handzus - Scott Parse

Raitis Ivanans - Oscar Moller - Brandon Segal

Rob Scuderi - Drew Doughty

Peter Harrold - Jack Johnson

Matt Greene - Sean O'Donnell

Jonathan Quick (Erik Ersberg)

Game 57: Ducks vs Red Wings

2010-02-03T16:28:00.003-06:00

Where? - Honda Center, Anaheim, California
When? - 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 4.00 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Red Wings:

Games Played: 56-56
Points: 59-64
Power Play: 19.2% - 18.1%
Penalty Kill: 80.6% - 81.4%

Ducks record: 26-23-7 (11th in the Western Conference)
Red Wings record: 27-19-10 (8th in the Western Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne

Todd Marchant - Kyle Chipchura - Troy Bodie

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Carter - Mike Brown

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski

Ryan Whitney - Steve Eminger

Brett Festerling - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller (Vesa Toskala)

Notes:

- Right winger George Parros will likely serve as a healthy scratch tonight along with center Petteri Nokelainen (possibly Ryan Carter) and winger Evgeny Artyukhin.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery. A recovery which has been slowed down because of an infaction. He is now likely to be out until April.

Red Wings probable line up:

Henrik Zetterberg - Pavel Datsyuk - Tomas Holmstrom

Todd Bertuzzi - Valtteri Filppula - Dan Cleary

Kris Draper - Darren Helm - Patrick Eaves

Kirk Maltby - Drew Miller - Jason Williams

Nicklas Lidstrom - Brian Rafalski

Jonathan Ericsson - Brad Stuart

Brett Lebda - Derek Meech

Jimmy Howard (Chris Osgood)

Notes:

- Defenseman Niklas Kronwall is likely to be out in tonight's game because of an injured ankle. He remains day to day.

- Forward Johan Franzen is out with a torn knee and is set to return Feb 9 against St. Louis.

- Forward Ville Leino will be a healthy scratch.

Game 56: Ducks vs Panthers

2010-02-01T17:04:00.002-06:00

Where? - Bank Atlantic Center, Sunrise, Florida
When? - 7.30 PM EST / 4.30 PM PDT / 1.30 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Panthers:

Games Played: 55-55
Points: 57-57
Power Play: 19.0% - 16.6%
Penalty Kill: 80.3% - 80.7%

Ducks record: 25-23-7 (12th in the Western Conference)
Panthers record: 24-22-9 (7th in the Eastern Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne
Matt Beleskey - Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant
Evgeny Artyukhin - Petteri Nokelainen - Mike Brown

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski
Ryan Whitney - Steve Eminger
Brett Festerling - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller (Justin Pogge)

Notes:

- Right winger George Parros will likely serve as a healthy scratch tonight along with center Ryan Carter and winger Troy Bodie (could be Matt Beleskey).

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is back after missing eight games with a broken jaw.

- Winger Jason Blake is set to make his Ducks debute after being traded from Toronto the other day. He'll build the second line with Saku Koivu and Selanne. Bobby Ryan will see time on the first line with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery. A recovery which has been slowed down because of an infaction. He is now likely to be out until April.

- Goaltender Justin Pogge will backup Jonas Hiller while Vesa Toskala has some paper work to sort out moving from Toronto. Jason Blake is in another situation as he's a U.S. citizen.

Panthers probable lineup:

Cory Stillman - Stephen Weiss - Michael Frolik
Rostislav Olesz - Dominic Moore - Radek Dvorak
David Booth - Stephen Reinprecht - Michal Repik
Shawn Matthias - Kamil Kreps - Greg Campbell

Keith Ballard - Jordan Leopold
Dennis Seidenberg - Bryan Allen
Bryan McCabe - Dmitri Kulikov

Tomas Vokoun (Scott Clemmensen)

Notes:

- Right winger Nathan Horton is out until early March with a leg injury.

- Forwards Nick Tarnasky and Kenndal McArdle will likely serve as healthy scratches.

Quick notes...

2010-02-01T11:51:00.002-06:00

I feel kind of bad that I haven’t been writing any traditional posts in quite some time. And I won’t make much noise now either. But here’s some quick notes…

…Goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs the other night. Big news, but like I mentioned, I’m gonna keep this short. I was a bit longer at HockeyIndependent.

…Winger Jason Blake and goaltender Vesa Toskala is heading the other way…

…Prior to the trade, a couple of days ago, goaltender Jonas Hiller was resigned to a 4 year, $20 million extension.

…The Maple Leafs also made a trade with the Calgary Flames. They traded Niklas Hagman, Matt Stajan, Ian White and Jamal Mayers to the Flames in exchange for Dion Phaneuf , Fredrik Sjostrom and prospect Keith Aulie.

…Speaking of Keith Aulie, the Flames trade had positive influence on the Ducks as well. As Aulie is now heading to the Toronto Marlies of the AHL. Ducks prospect Mark Mitera will replace him in Abbotsford.

…Mitera had 4 points (0+4) in his first 20 games with Bakersfield of the ECHL this season. He has since 9 points (3+6) in his last 13 games and is currently on a four game point streak.

…Ducks prospect Shawn Weller (forward) will also join Abbotsford in the AHL.

…Because Blake is now a Ducks, rookie winger Dan Sexton was assigned to Manitoba of the AHL. However, GM Murray has stated it’s only temporary and that “big sexy” will be back.

…The Ducks also recalled goaltender Justin Pogge who will backup Jonas Hiller tonight against Florida. The reason? Vesa Toskala has some paper work that needs to be taken care of moving from Canada to California. Blake is another situation as he is a U.S. citizen. Blake is set to make his Ducks debute tonight.

…A game day post is coming up on the blog later tonight…

Game 55: Ducks vs Lightning

2010-01-29T13:22:00.001-06:00

Where? - St. Pete Times Forum, Florida, Tampa Bay
When? - 7.30 PM EST / 4.30 PM PDT / 1.30 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Capitals:

Games Played: 54-52
Points: 55-54
Power Play: 18.6% - 19.5%
Penalty Kill: 80.1% - 79.9%

Ducks record: 24-23-7 (13th in the Western Conference)
Lightning record: 22-20-10 (12th in the Eastern Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton
Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie
Evgeny Artyukhin - Petteri Nokelainen - Mike Brown

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski
Ryan Whitney - Steve Eminger
Sheldon Brookbank - Nick Boynton

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger George Parros (possibly Evgeny Artyukhin) will likely serve as a healthy scratch tonight along with center Ryan Carter and defensemen Brett Festerling.

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is out with a broken jaw. He's expected to come back early February-early March.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery. A recovery which has been slowed down because of an infaction. He is now likely to be out until March or April.

Lightning probable line up:

Martin St. Louis - Steven Stamkos - Steve Downie
Ryan Malone - Vincent Lecavalier - Jeff Halpern
Alex Tanugay - Paul Szczechura - Brandon Bochenski
Zenon Konopka - Nate Thompson - Kurtis Foster

Victor Hedman - Mattias Ohlund
Matt Walker - David Hale
Andrej Meszaros - Matt Smaby

Antero Niittymaki (Mike Smith)

Notes:

- Defenseman Paul Ranger is out due to personal reasons.

- Forwards Todd Fedoruk and Stephane Veilleux are listed as healthy scratches as per dailyfaceoff.com.

- Defenseman Kurtis Foster could be playing forward in tonight's game.

Game 54: Ducks vs Capitals

2010-01-27T16:25:00.002-06:00

Where? - Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.
When? - 7.00 PM EST / 4.00 PM PDT / 1.00 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Capitals:

Games Played: 53-52
Points: 55-74
Power Play: 18.8% - 26.3%
Penalty Kill: 80.1% - 80.1%

Ducks record: 24-22-7 (11th in the Western Conference)
Capitals record: 34-12-6 (1st in the Eastern Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Notes:

- Right winger George Parros will likely serve as a healthy scratch tonight along with center Ryan Carter (or Petteri Nokelainen) and defensemen Brett Festerling.

Capitals probable line up:

Alexander Ovechkin - Nicklas Backstrom - Mike Knuble
Tomas Fleischmann - Brooks Laich - Alexander Semin
Jason Chimera - Brendan Morrison - Eric Fehr
Boyd Gordon - David Steckel - Matt Bradley

Jeff Schultz - Mike Green
John Erskine - Tom Poti
Shaone Morrison - Karl Alzner

Michal Neuvirth (Jose Theodore)

Notes:

- Defensemen Brian Pothier is questionable for tonight's game with an undisclosed injury.

- Goaltender Semyon Varlamov is out at least early February with a knee injury.

- Healthy scratches will likely be defenseman Tyler Sloan and winger Quintin Laing.

Game 53: Ducks vs Thrashers

2010-01-26T16:27:00.003-06:00

Where? - Phillips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
When? - 7.00 PM EST / 4.00 PM PDT / 1.00 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Thrashers:

Games Played: 52-51
Points: 55-52
Power Play: 19.2% - 17.7%
Penalty Kill: 80.2% - 79.5%

Ducks record: 24-21-7 (10th in the Western Conference)
Thrashers record: 22-21-8 (12th in the Eastern Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton
Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie
Evgeny Artyukhin - Petteri Nokelainen - Mike Brown

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski
Ryan Whitney - Steve Eminger
Sheldon Brookbank - Nick Boynton

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Center Saku Koivu is back in action as he has now recovered from a sprained knee.

- Right winger George Parros will likely serve as a healthy scratch tonight along with center Ryan Carter and defensemen Brett Festerling.

Thrashers probable line up:

Ilya Kovalchuk - Nikolai Antropov - Bryan Little
Todd White - Rich Peverley - Maxim Afinogenov
Evander Kane - Marty Reasoner - Colby Armstrong
Eric Boulton - Jim Slater - Chris Thorburn

Pavel Kubina - Tobias Enström
Zach Bogosian - Ron Hainsey
Anssi Salmela - Boris Valabik

Johan Hedberg (Ondrej Pavelec)

Notes:

- Defensemen Mark Popovic (foot) and Christoph Schubert (lower body) is out for tonight's game but is getting close to return.

- Goaltender Kari Lehtonen has been out the whole season with back issues. He's scheduled to be back in February.

- Forward Vyacheslav Kozlov could be a healthy scratch tonight.

Game 52: Ducks vs Blues

2010-01-23T15:18:00.004-06:00

Where? - Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
When? - 8.00 PM EST / 5.00 PM PDT / 2.00 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Blues:

Games Played: 51-50
Points: 53-51
Power Play: 19.6% - 16.1%
Penalty Kill: 80.1% - 84.6%

Ducks record: 23-21-7 (11th in the Western Conference)
Blues record: 22-21-7 (13th in the Western Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Bobby Ryan - Petteri Nokelainen - Dan Sexton
Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie
Evgeny Artyukhin - Ryan Carter - Mike Brown

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski
Ryan Whitney - Steve Eminger
Sheldon Brookbank - Nick Boynton

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger George Parros will likely serve as a healthy scratch tonight along with one of defensemen Brett Festerling, Nick Boynton or Steve Eminger.

- Center Saku Koivu is out with a sprained knee. He's likely to come back in the end of January.

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is out with a broken jaw. He's expected to come back early February-early March.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery. A recovery which has been slowed down because of an infaction. He is now likely to be out until March or April.

Blues probable line up:

Paul Kariya - T.J. Oshie - Brad Boyes
Andy McDonald - Keith Tkachuk - David Perron
B.J. Crombeen - Jay McClement - Alexander Steen
Brad Winchester - Patrik Berglund - Cam Janssen

Barret Jackman - Roman Polak
Eric Brewer - Erik Johnson
Mike Weaver - Darryl Sydor

Chris Mason (Ty Conklin)

Notes:

- Forward David Backes is questionable for tonight's game with an upper body injury.

- Defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo is out with a lower body injury but remains day to day.

Game 51: Ducks vs Sharks

2010-01-21T17:26:00.006-06:00

Where? - HP Pavillion, San Jose, California
When? - 10.30 PM EST / 7.30 PM PDT / 4.30 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Sharks:

Games Played: 50-51
Points: 53-74
Power Play: 20.1% - 22.2%
Penalty Kill: 80.0% - 87.8%

Ducks record: 23-20-7 (11th in the Western Conference)
Sharks record: 33-10-8 (1st in the Western Conference)

Notes:

- Right winger George Parros is back from a hand injury but will most likely serve as a healthy scratch tonight along with defenseman Brett Festerling.

Sharks probable line up:

Patrick Marleau - Joe Thornton - Dany Heatley
Manny Malhotra - Joe Pavelski - Devin Setoguchi
Ryane Clowe - Scott Nichol - Jed Ortmeyer
Jody Shelley - Torrey Mitchell - Brad Staubitz

Douglas Murray - Rob Blake
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Jason Demers
Kent Huskins - Jay Leach

Evgeni Nabokov (Thomas Greiss)

Notes:

- Forward Benn Ferriero is likely to serve as a healthy scratch.

- Defenseman Dan Boyle is out with an upper body injury (day to day). Jason Demers was recalled from Worchester of the AHL to replace him.

Game 50: Ducks vs Sabres

2010-01-19T18:29:00.007-06:00

Where? - Honda Center, Anaheim, California
When? - 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 4.00 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Sabres

Games Played: 49-47
Points: 51-66
Power Play: 19.9% - 17.4%
Penalty Kill: 80.1% - 86.6%

Ducks record: 22-20-7 (11th in the Western Conference)
Sabres record: 30-11-6 (1st in the Eastern Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Bobby Ryan - Petteri Nokelainen - Dan Sexton
Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie
Evgeny Artyukhin - Ryan Carter - Mike Brown

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski
Sheldon Brookbank - Ryan Whitney
Steve Eminger - Nick Boynton

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger George Parros is questionable for tonight's game due to a hand injury.

- Center Saku Koivu is out with a sprained knee. He's likely to come back in the end of January.

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is out with a broken jaw. He's expected to come back early February-early March.

- Defenseman Brett Festerling will likely serve as a helthy scratch.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery. A recovery which has been slowed down because of an infaction. He is now likely to be out until March or April.

Sabres probable line up:

Jochen Hecht - Tim Connolly - Jason Pominville
Thomas Vanek - Derek Roy - Drew Stafford
Clarke MacArthur - Paul Gaustad - Mike Grier
Adam Mair - Matt Ellis - Patrick Kaleta

Henrik Tallinder - Tyler Myers
Toni Lydman - Steve Montador
Craig Rivet - Chris Butler

Patrick Lalime (Ryan Miller)

Notes:

- The Sabres have no injuries reported. Defenseman Andrej Sekera and forward Tim Kennedy will likely serve as healthy scratches.

Game 49: Ducks vs Flames

2010-01-17T17:02:00.004-06:00

Where? Honda Center, Anaheim, California
When? 8.00 PM EST / 5.00 PM PDT / 2.00 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Flames:

Games Played: 48-48
Points: 49-58
Power Play: 19.6% - 16.3%

Penalty Kill: 79.8% - 84.3%

Ducks record: 21-20-7 (13th in the Western Conference)
Flames record: 26-16-6 (7th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks probable line up:

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Bobby Ryan - Petteri Nokelainen - Dan Sexton
Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie
Evgeny Artyukhin - Ryan Carter - Mike Brown

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski

Ryan Whitney - Sheldon Brookbank

Steve Eminger - Nick Boynton

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger George Parros is questionable for tonight's game due to a hand injury. Center Ryan Carter is also questionable for tonight's game because of a face injury.

- Center Saku Koivu is out with a sprained knee. He's likely to come back in the end of January.

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is out with a broken jaw. He's expected to come back early February-early March.

- Defenseman Brett Festerling will serve as a helthy scratch.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery. A recovery which has been slowed down because of an infaction. He is now likely to be out until March or April.

Flames probable line up:

Jamie Lundmark - Craig Conroy - Jarome Iginla

Nigel Dawes - Daymond Langkow - Rene Bourque

Curtis Glencross - Olli Jokinen - Eric Nystrom
Brandon Prust - Dustin Boyd - Brian McGrattan

Robyn Regehr - Dion Phaneuf

Jay Bouwmeester - Mark Giordano

Cory Sarich - Adam Pardy

Curtis McElhinney (Miikka Kiprusoff)

Notes:

- No injuries reported currently. Defenseman Aaron Johnson and Staffan Kronwall will likely serve as healthy scratches. Forwards David Moss and Fredrik Sjostrom will also be healthy scratches.

Game 48: Ducks vs Kings

2010-01-14T17:33:00.002-06:00

Where? Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
When? 10.30 PM EST / 7.30 PM PDT / 4.30 AM CET

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Team comparison, Ducks - Kings:

Games Played: 47-46
Points: 49-53
Power Play: 20.2% - 20.2%
Short handed: 79.2% - 80.2%

Ducks record: 21-19-7 (12th in the Western Conference)
Kings record: 25-18-3 (8th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks line up:

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton
Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie
Evgeny Artyukhin - Petteri Nokelainen - Mike Brown

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski

Ryan Whitney - Steve Eminger

Brett Festerling - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery. He's expected to come back late February-early March.

- Right winger George Parros is questionable for tonight's game due to a hand injury.

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is out with a broken jaw. He's expected to come back mid February-early March.

- Defenseman Nick Boynton will likely serve as a helthy scratch along with Ryan Carter.

Kings line up:

Alexander Frolov - Anze Kopitar - Scott ParseJustin Williams

Ryan Smyth - Jarret Stoll - Wayne Simmonds

Brad Richardson - Michal Handzus - Dustin Brown

Raitis Ivanans - Oscar Moller - Brandon Segal

Rob Scuderi - Drew Doughty

Randy Jones - Jack Johnson

Alec Martinez - Sean O'Donnell

Jonathan Quick (Erik Ersberg)

Notes:

- Defenseman Matt Greene is questionable for tonight's game due to a lower body injury.

- Defenseman Davis Drewiske is out mid January at least with an upper body injury.

- Center Andrei Loktionov (shoulder) and right winger Justin Williams (leg) is unlikely to come back prior to the beginning of March.

Game 47: Ducks vs Bruins

2010-01-13T16:41:00.008-06:00

Where? - Honda Center, Anaheim, California
When? - 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 4.00 AM CET

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KiloNet HQ (requires Sopcast and Internet Explorer)

MBCR (requires StreamTorrent)

Yahoo Sports (North America only)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Bruins

Games Played: 46-44
Points: 47-51
Power Play: 20.0% - 18.3%
Short handed: 79.0% - 87.9%

Ducks record: 20-19-7 (12th in the Western Conference)
Bruins record: 22-15-7 (5th in the Eastern Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton
Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie
Mike Brown - Petteri Nokelainen - Teemu Selanne

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski
Steve Eminger - Ryan Whitney
Brett Festerling - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery. He's expected to come back late February-early March.

- Right winger George Parros will be out mid January at least with a hand injury.

- Defenseman Nick Boynton will likely serve as a healthy scratch along with forwards Evgeny Artyukhin and Ryan Carter.

Bruins probable line up:

Marco Sturm - Mark Recchi - Miroslav Satan
Blake Wheeler - David Krejci - Michael Ryder
Milan Lucic - Steve Begin - Byron Bitz
Daniel Paille - Vladimir Sobotka - Shawn Thornton

Zdeno Chara - Dennis Wideman
Matt Hunwick - Derek Morris
Adam McQuaid - Johnny Boychuk

Tuukka Rask (Tim Thomas)

Notes:

- The Bruins are missing maybe their best two forwards in Marc Savard (leg) and Patrice Bergeron (thumb), resulting in Mark Recchi playing center. Bergeron is out at least mid January while Savard is likely to miss the beginning of February.

- Defenseman Mark Stuart is out until mid January at least (sternum).

- Defenseman Andrew Ference is expected to miss the beginning of March (groin).

- Right winger Byron Bitz is questionable for tonight's game with back spasms.

- Defenseman Andy Wozniewski and forward Trent Whitfield will likely serve as healthy scratches.

Scott Niedermayer not going anywhere?

2010-01-13T09:18:00.003-06:00

Well it appears so according to the Ducks GM Bob Murray. I've been writing about all this on both SvenskaFans.com and HockeyIndependent. I don't feel like going through the whole story once more. So I'll just link to the post I wrote on HI here. A small rumour about Giguere is in there too, although it's among the worst rumours I've seen lately.

I never wrote any evaluation of the Ducks prospects after the WJHC here either. But you can find my take from the prospects in the tournament here.

The Ducks will play the Boston Bruins tonight. I'll be back with some pregame info and streams as usual.

Resent success a result of player meetings?

2010-01-12T06:10:00.000-06:00

I know I haven’t been very active lately other than doing the game day posts. Christmas break is over so I’ve been a little busy moving my stuff back to Kalix.

Anyways, the Ducks are going strong right now. I think the recent injuries on Teemu Selanne and Ryan Getzlaf actually helped a little. Guys like Dan Sexton, Matt Beleskey and Petteri Nokelainen have stepped up providing some offense and now that Selanne and Getzlaf are back the team has gotten a huge confidence boost.

Also, a big part of the Ducks success lately I think is due to the talks between GM Bob Murray, the coaches and the players that were held the previous week. While not too many can say for sure what was being discussed, I can’t think of anything else but the trade deadline. Obviously, if the team doesn’t keep up this way changes are going to be made. I don't think Murray was shy to inform on that. Now the Ducks are a team in desperation mode.

Game 46: Ducks vs Blackhaws

2010-01-10T17:15:00.002-06:00

Where? - United Center, Chicago, Illinois
When? - 07.00 PM EST / 04.00 PM PDT / 01.00 AM CET

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Online live streams:

ND Sports (requires Web Sopcast and Internet Explorer)

MCBR (requires Stream Torrent)

AC TV (requires Stream Torrent)

Vexcast (requires Internet Explorer)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Blackhawks:

Games Played: 45-45
Points: 45-66
Power Play: 19.8% - 21.0%
Short handed: 79.1% - 86.3%

Ducks record: 19-19-7 (12th in the Western Conference)
Blackhawks record: 31-10-4 (1st in the Western Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton
Mike Brown - Petteri Nokelainen - Teemu Selanne
Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski
Steve Eminger - Ryan Whitney
Brett Festerling - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery. He's expected to come back late February-early March.

- Right winger George Parros is out with a hand injury until mid January.

- Defenseman Nick Boynton will likely serve as a healthy scratch along with forwards Evgeny Artyukhin and Ryan Carter.

Blackhawks probable line up:

Troy Brouwer - Jonathan Toews - Patrick Kane
Andrew Ladd - Patrick Sharp - Marian Hossa
Kris Versteeg - John Madden - Dustin Byfuglien
Ben Eager - Colin Fraser - Tomas Kopecky

Duncan Keith - Brent Seabrook
Niklas Hjalmarsson - Brian Campbell
Brent Sopel - Jordan Hendry

Antti Niemi (Cristobal Huet)

Notes:

- Center David Bolland is recovering from back surgery and won't return until mid February.

- Right winger Adam Burish will be out until late March recovering from a knee injury.

- Defenseman Cam Barker is questionable for tonight's game with an upper body injury.

- Forward Bryan Bickell will likely serve as a healthy scratch.

Game 45: Ducks vs Predators

2010-01-09T17:38:00.004-06:00

I've been having some Internet problems lately and couldn't give you any game day info for game 44. Sorry about that. However, tomorrow I'm going back to my own place as my christmas holiday is over on Monday. My Internet over there is much more trustable. Anyways, on to game 45 now:

Where? Sommet Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Where? 8.00 PM EST / 5.00 PM PDT / 02.00 AM CET

Online streams:

Vexcast (requires Internet Explorer)

(this link is streaming Colorado and Buffalo it appears. There's no video feed from the Ducks game it seems.)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Predators:

Games Played: 44 - 44

Points: 43 - 55

Power Play: 19.9% - 15.9%

Short handed: 79.5% - 77.2%

Ducks record: 18-19-7 (12th in the Western Conference)
Predators record: 26-15-3 (5th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks probable line up:

Matt Beleskey - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton

Mike Brown - Petteri Nokelainen - Teemu Selanne

Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski
Ryan Whitney - Steve Eminger

Brett Festerling - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is back in the line up tonight. One can only speculate on what line he will play. I'm expecting him to get limited ice time on 5 vs 5 to start with.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is out because of a back surgery until late February-early March.

Predators line up:

Steve Sullivan - Jason Arnott - J.P. Dumont
Ryan Jones - Marcel Goc - Patric Hörnqvist

Nick Spaling - David Legwand - Mike Santorelli
Andreas Thuresson - Ben Guite - Wade Belak

Ryan Suter - Shea Weber
Dan Hamhuis - Kevin Klein
Francis Bouillon - Alexander Sulzer

Pekka Rinne (Dan Ellis)

Notes:

- Winger Jordin Tootoo is out early January with a lower body injury.

- Center Jerred Smithson is out late January at least due to a broken hand.

- Center Jason Arnott and wingers Martin Erat and Joel Ward are all questionable for tonight's game.

- Center Cal O'Reilly was recently called up from the AHL and could have a spot in the Predators line up tonight.

- Defenseman Cody Franson will likely serve as healthy scratch.

Note updates to follow.

Game 43: Ducks vs Red Wings

2010-01-05T19:17:00.001-06:00

Where? Honda Center, Anaheim, California
Where? 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 4.00 AM CET

Online streams:

KiloNet (requires Web Sopcast and Internet Explorer)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Red Wings:

Games Played: 42 - 41

Points: 39 - 48

Power Play: 21.1% - 17.5%
Short handed: 78.7% - 81.1%

Ducks record: 16-19-7 (13th in the Western Conference)
Red Wings record: 21-14-6 (9th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks probable line up:

Evgeny Artyukhin - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton

Ryan Carter - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie

Matt Beleskey - Petteri Nokelainen - Mike Brown

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski

Ryan Whitney - Sheldon Brookbank

Steve Eminger - Nick Boynton

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is getting close to return from a broken hand.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery and is out 'til late February/early March.

- There's a big chance center Ryan Getzlaf is back from a lacerated leg tonight.

- The Ducks healthy scratches will be Brett Festerling and George Parros along with Kyle Chipchura who's getting benched for the first time since arriving to Anaheim.

Red Wings probable line up:

Todd Bertuzzi - Pavel Datsyuk - Tomas Holmstrom

Mattias Ritola - Valtteri Filppula - Drew Miller
Kris Draper - Darren Helm - Patrick Eaves
Ville Leino - Justin Abdelkader - Kirk Maltby

Nicklas Lidstrom - Brian Rafalski
Brett Lebda - Brad Stuart
Derek Meech - Doug Janik

Jimmy Howard (Chris Osgood)

Notes:

- Former Duck Brad May is questionable for tonight's game with a lower body injury.

- Defenseman Jonathan Ericsson is out indefinitely with knee problems.

- Forwards Jason Williams (ankle) and Henrik Zetterberg (shoulder) and defenseman Niklas Kronwall (knee) are getting close to return, but are out tonight.

- Right winger Daniel Cleary could be back January 7 against Los Angeles from a shoulder injury.

- Right winger Johan Franzen is out until mid February recovering from a knee surgery.

- Defenseman Andreas Lilja has yet to play a game this season and remains out indefenitely with concussion problems.

Game 42: Ducks vs Blackhawks

2010-01-03T17:13:00.010-06:00

Where? - United Center, Chicago, Illinois
When? - 07.00 PM EST / 04.00 PM PDT / 01.00 AM CET

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Live stream:

Watch live video from Cleowin: NHL Hockey on Justin.tv
Thanks Cleowin for sharing the embed code.

NOTE: If you get a "become a premium member" message, download the UltraSurf client, run it, and watch the feed in Internet Explorer. Also, I'm not the one streaming, so I don't take any responsibility if the stream goes down.

Other live streams:

Yahoo Sports (North America only)

ND Sports (requires Web Sopcast and Internet Explorer)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Blackhawks:

Games Played: 41-41
Points: 39-59
Power Play: 21.3% - 20.4%
Short handed: 78.9% - 86.7%

Ducks record: 16-18-7 (13th in the Western Conference)
Blackhawks record: 28-10-3 (2nd in the Western Conference)

Ducks probable line up:

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton
Matt Beleskey - Kyle Chipchura - Corey Perry
Ryan Carter - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie

Evgeny Artyukhin - Petteri Nokelainen - Mike Brown

James Wisniewski - Scott Niedermayer
Sheldon Brookbank - Ryan Whitney
Steve Eminger - Nick Boynton

Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Jonas Hiller)

Notes:

- Center Ryan Getzlaf is day to day with a lacerated leg.

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is getting close to return from a broken hand.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is recovering from back surgery. He's expected to come back late February-early March.

- Defenseman Brett Festerling will serve as a healthy scratch along with forwards George Parros and MacGregor Sharp..

Blackhawks probable line up:

Troy Brouwer - Jonathan Toews - Patrick Kane
Andrew Ladd - Patrick Sharp - Marian Hossa
Kris Versteeg - John Madden - Dustin Byfuglien
Ben Eager - Colin Fraser - Tomas Kopecky

Duncan Keith - Brent Seabrook
Jordan Hendry - Brian Campbell
Brent Sopel - Cam Barker

Antti Niemi (Cristobal Huet)

Notes:

- Center David Bolland is recovering from back surgery and won't return until mid February.

- Right winger Adam Burish will be out until late March recovering from a knee injury.

- Defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson is questionable for tonight's game with a head injury.

- Defenseman Jordan Hendry and winger Bryan Bickell will likely serve as healthy scratches.

Game 41: Ducks vs Predators

2010-01-02T18:16:00.001-06:00

Where? Sommet Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Where? 8.00 PM EST / 5.00 PM PDT / 02.00 AM CET

Online streams:

NDS Sports 2 (requires Web Sopcast and Internet Explorer)

Vexcast (requires Internet Explorer)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Predators:

Games Played: 40 - 41

Points: 39 - 51

Power Play: 21.6% - 15.1%

Short handed: 78.7% - 75.9%

Ducks record: 16-17-7 (13th in the Western Conference)
Predators record: 24-14-3 (6th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks line up:

Matt Beleskey - Saku Koivu - Corey Perry

Bobby Ryan - Kyle Chipchura - Dan Sexton

Ryan Carter - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie

Evgeny Artyukhin - Petteri Nokelainen - Mike Brown

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski
Ryan Whitney - Sheldon Brookbank

Brett Festerling - Nick Boynton

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is getting close to return from a broken hand.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is out because of a back surgery until late February-early March.

- Center Ryan Getzlaf is out tonight with a leg laceration. He remains day to day.

- The Ducks healthy scratches will be Steve Eminger and George Parros..

Predators line up:

Steve Sullivan - Jason Arnott - J.P. Dumont

Andreas Thuresson - David Legwand - Joel Ward
Nick Spaling - Marcel Goc - Patric Hörnqvist
Ryan Jones - Mike Santorelli - Wade Belak

Ryan Suter - Shea Weber
Dan Hamhuis - Kevin Klein
Francis Bouillon - Cody Franson

Pekka Rinne (Dan Ellis)

Notes:

- Right wingers Jordin Tootoo and Martin Erat are day to day with lower body injuries.

- Defenseman Kevin Klein is questionable for tonight's game for undisclosed reasons.

- Center Jerred Smithson is out with a broken hand until late January.

- Defenseman Alexander Sulzer will serve as a healthy scratch.

Game 40: Ducks vs Stars

2009-12-31T17:36:00.001-06:00

Where? American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Where? 8.00 PM EST / 5.00 PM PDT / 02.00 AM CET

Online streams:

There's no stream currently. Check back later.

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Team comparison, Ducks - Stars:

Games Played: 39 - 39
Points: 39 - 45
Power Play: 21.9% - 20.6%
Short handed: 78.7% - 78.0%

Ducks record: 16-16-7 (13th in the Western Conference)
Stars record: 17-11-11 (8th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks line up:

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton

Ryan Carter - Kyle Chipchura - Corey Perry

Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Troy Bodie

Evgeny Artyukhin - Petteri Nokelainen - Mike Brown

Scott Niedermayer - James Wisniewski
Ryan Whitney - Sheldon Brookbank

Brett Festerling - Nick Boynton

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger Teemu Selanne could be back next game.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul is out because of a back surgery until late February-early March.

- Center Ryan Getzlaf is out tonight with a leg laceration. He didn't play two days ago against Minnesota either but reamins day to day.

- The Ducks healthy scratches are Steve Eminger and George Parros.

Stars line up:

Loui Eriksson - Mike Richards - Jere Lehtinen

James Neal - Mike Ribeiro - Steve Ott
Brenden Morrow - Tom Wandell - Jamie Benn
Toby Petersen - Mike Modano - Krys Barch

Nicklas Grossman - Stephane Robidas
Karlis Skrastins - Maxime Fortunus
Trevor Daley - Matt Niskanen

Marty Turco (Alex Auld)

Notes:

- Defenseman Mark Fistric is questionable for tonight's game with a head injury.

- Jeff Woywitka, Fabian Brunnstrom and Warren Peters are likely to be the Stars healthy scratches.

Game 39: Ducks vs Wild

2009-12-29T12:26:00.006-06:00

Where? Honda Center, Anaheim, California
Where? 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 4.00 AM CET

Online streams:

Yahoo Sports (North America only)

Vexcast (requires Internet Explorer)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Wild:

Games Played: 38 - 39
Points: 37 - 43
Power Play: 21.7% - 16.8%
Short handed: 78.8% - 84.4%

Ducks record: 15-16-7 (13th in the Western Conference)
Wild's record: 20-16-3 (11th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks line up:

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Corey Perry

Ryan Carter - Todd Marchant - Dan Sexton

Matt Beleskey - Kyle Chipchura - Mike Brown

Troy Bodie - Petteri Nokelainen - George Parros

Brett Festerling - Scott Niedermayer

Sheldon Brookbank - Ryan Whitney

James Wisniewski - Nick Boynton

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul's is recovering from back surgery. He's out until late February or early March.

- Right winger Teemu Selanne should be out another couple of games while recovering from a broken hand.

- Center Ryan Getzlaf wont participate in tonight's game with a leg laceration.

- Center Ryan Carter is likely to be back in the line up tonight.

- Kyle Calder has been put on waivers and the club has recalled Troy Bodie from the Toronto Marlies of the AHL.

- Defenseman Steve Eminger is out with flu like syndromes while forward Evgeny Artyukhin will serve as a healthy scratch.

Wild line up:

Andrew Brunette - Mikko Koivu - Antti Miettinen

Guillaume Latendresse - Andrew Ebbett - Martin Havlat
Cal Clutterbuck - Eric Belanger - Owen Nolan
Derek Boogaard - Kyle Brodziak - James Sheppard

Greg Zanon - Marek Zidlicky

Clayton Stoner - Kim Johnsson
Shane Hnidy - Nick Schultz

Niklas Backstrom (Josh Harding)

Notes:

- Forward Chuck Kobasew is out with a sprained MCL.

- Forwards Petr Sykora and Pierre-Marc Bouchard and defenseman Brent Burns are out with concussion issues.

- Jaime Sifers and John Scott should be healthy scratches.

Ducks prospects shines in WJHC's

2009-12-28T05:43:00.003-06:00

Anaheim has seven prospects in this years Junior World Championchips...

...Luca Sbisa has 0 points in 1 game thus far for Switzerland. However, that was against team USA.

...Jake Gardiner has 0 points for the U.S. in two games (Slovakia and Switzerland) where Kyle Palmieri has picked up a couple of assists, one per game.

...Goalie Igor Bobkov saved 14 of 16 shots against Austria a couple of days ago when Russia won 6-2.

...Brandon McMillan had 1 goal and 1 assist when Canada won over Latvia with 16-0 two days ago.

Most impressive has Radoslav Illo (a 5th round pick in 2009) and Sami Vatanen (a 4th round pick in 2009) been. Center Radoslav Illo picked up a couple of assists in a loss agains USA two days ago and had 1 goal and 1 assist in Slovakias win over Latvia yesterday.

Defenseman Sami Vatanen had a couple of goals in Finlands win over Czech Republic yesterday. Vatanen looks like a steal in the 4th round thus far. Those were some great goals, take a look:

Game 38: Ducks vs Sharks

2009-12-26T17:26:00.001-06:00

Where? HP Pavillion, San Jose, California
Where? 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 4.00 AM CET

Online streams:

Team Teal (requires Web Sopcast and Internet Explorer)

Vexcast (requires Internet Explorer)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Sharks:

Games Played: 37 - 37
Points: 37 - 51
Power Play: 22.3% - 20.4%
Short handed: 79.8% - 85.9%

Ducks record: 15-15-7 (13th in the Western Conference)
Sharks record: 22-8-7 (2nd in the Western Conference)

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Ducks line up:

Kyle Calder- Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton

Matt Beleskey - Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant

Mike Brown - Petteri Nokelainen - George Parros

Brett Festerling - Scott Niedermayer

Ryan Whitney - Nick Boynton

James Wisniewski - Sheldon Brookbank

Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Jonas Hiller)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul's back will require surgery. He's out until February.

- Right winger Teemu Selanne should be out another 10-15 days with a broken hand.

- Center Ryan Carter is getting close to return.

- Defenseman Steve Eminger and forward Evgeny Artyukhin will likely serve as the Ducks healthy scratches.

Sharks line up:

Patrick Marleau - Joe Thornton - Dany Heatley

Ryane Clowe - Joe Pavelski - Devin Setoguchi
Jamie McGinn - Manny Malhotra - Torrey Mitchell
Frazer McLaren - Scott Nichol - Jed Ortmeyer

Dan Boyle - Douglas Murray

Rob Blake - Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Kent Huskins - Jason Demers

Evgeni Nabokov (Thomas Greiss)

Notes:

- Forward Jody Shelley is day to day with a hand injury.

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Game 37: Ducks vs Coyotes

2009-12-23T13:16:00.003-06:00

Where? Jobing Arena, Phoenix, Arizona
Where? 09.00 PM EST / 06.00 PM PDT / 03.00 AM CET

Online streams:

Yahoo Sports

JTV Sports, Justin TV (Requires UltraSurf and Internet Explorer)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Coyotes:

Games Played: 37 - 46
Points: 37 - 46
Power Play: 23.5% - 17.1%
Short handed: 79.8% - 83.8%

Ducks record: 15-14-7 (13th in the Western Conference)
Coyotes record: 22-13-2 (6th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks line up:

Kyle Calder- Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton

Matt Beleskey - Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant

Mike Brown - Petteri Nokelainen - George Parros

Brett Festerling - Scott Niedermayer

Ryan Whitney - Nick Boynton

James Wisniewski - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul's back will require surgery. He's out until February.

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is out with a broken hand until mid January

- Center Ryan Carter is getting close to return.

- Defenseman Steve Eminger and forward Evgeny Artyukhin will likely serve as the Ducks healthy scratch.

Coyotes line up:

Scottie Upshall - Matthew Lombardi - Shane Doan

Taylor Pyatt - Robert Lang - Peter Mueller
Petr Prucha - Martin Hanzal - Radim Vrbata
Paul Bissonnette - Daniel Winnik - Lauri Korpikoski

Ed Jovanovski - Zbynek Michalek
Jim Vandermeer - Keith Aucoin
Anders Eriksson - Keith Yandle

Ilya Bryzgalov (Jason Labarbera)

Notes:

- Defenseman Kurt Sauer is out with an upper body injury until late December-early January.

- Center Martin Hanzal is questionable for tonight's game with an undisclosed injury.

- Center Vernon Fiddler is day to day with a lower body injury.

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Game 36: Ducks vs Avalanche

2009-12-22T17:43:00.042-06:00

Where? Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Where? 04.00 PM EST / 01.00 PM PDT / 10.00 PM CET

Online streams:

ND Sports (requires Web Sopcast and Internet Explorer)

Vexcast (requires Internet Explorer)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Avalanche:

Games Played: 35 - 38
Points: 35 - 48
Power Play: 23.5% - 18.5%
Short handed: 79.8% - 80.0%

Ducks record: 14-14-7 (13th in the Western Conference)
Avalanche record: 21-11-6 (3rd in the Western Conference)

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Ducks line up:

Kyle Calder- Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton

Matt Beleskey - Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant

Mike Brown - Petteri Nokelainen - George Parros

Brett Festerling - Scott Niedermayer

Sheldon Brookbank - Ryan Whitney

James Wisniewski - Nick Boynton

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul's back will require surgery. He's out 6-8 weeks.

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is out with a broken hand until mid January

- Center Ryan Carter is still out with a foote injury but is getting closer to return.

- Defenseman Steve Eminger and forward Evgeny Artyukhin will likely serve as the Ducks healthy scratches.

Avalanche line up:

Wojtek Wolski - Paul Stastny - Chris Stewart

Cody McLeod - T.J. Galiardi - Milan Hejduk
Darcy Tucker - Ryan O'Reilly - Bradon Yip
Chris Durno - Matt Duchene - Matt Hendricks

Kyle Quincey - Scott Hannan
John-Michael Liles - Brett Clark
Adam Foote - Ryan Wilson

Craig Anderson (Peter Budaj)

Notes:

- Defenseman Kyle Cumiskey is getting close to return from a foot injury.

- Former Ducks defenseman Ruslan Salei should be back in January from his back injury.

- Forward Marek Svatos is questionable for tonight's game with groin issues.

- Forward David Jones is out until late March with a knee injury.

- T.J. Hensick and David Koci will likely serve as healthy scratches.

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Game 35: Ducks vs Coyotes

2009-12-19T09:56:00.000-06:00

Where? Honda Center, Anaheim, California
Where? 04.00 PM EST / 01.00 PM PDT / 10.00 PM CET

Online streams:

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Team comparison, Ducks - Coyotes:

Games Played: 34 - 35
Points: 33 - 44
Power Play: 23.2% - 17.8%
Short handed: 79.2% - 84.1%

Ducks record: 12-14-7 (15th in the Western Conference)
Coyotes record: 21-12-2 (6th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks line up:

Kyle Calder- Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton

Matt Beleskey - Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant

Mike Brown - Petteri Nokelainen - George Parros

Brett Festerling - Scott Niedermayer

Ryan Whitney - Nick Boynton

James Wisniewski - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Coyotes line up:

Taylor Pyatt - Robert Lang - Shane Doan

Petr Prucha - Martin Hanzal - Radim Vrbata
Scottie Upshall - Matthew Lombardi - Lauri Korpikoski
Paul Bissonnette - Vernon Fiddler - Daniel Winnik

Ed Jovanovski - Zbynek Michalek
Jim Vandermeer - Keith Aucoin
Sami Lepisto - Keith Yandle

Ilya Bryzgalov (Jason Labarbera)

Notes:

- Defenseman Kurt Sauer is out with an upper body injury until late December.

- David Schlemko and Peter Mueller could be scratched from the line up.

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Joffrey Lupul underwent successful surgery

2009-12-18T12:32:00.001-06:00

Joffrey Lupul has underwent a successful back surgery and will have to recover 6-8 weeks. It’s unlikely he’ll be ready before the Olympic break. Obviously, this is a tough setback for the Ducks at a point where they’re missing Teemu Selanne as well while trying to clinch a play off spot. Anaheim can only hope rookie Dan Sexton continues providing some offense.

Even though the team has been looking better as of late, it’s difficult being very hopeful. It’s hard to point on what’s wrong. Because in my opinion, it’s more the team as a whole not doing well rather than any individual players. Sure, anyone could say the team needs to get tougher in front of their own net. And while I agree with that, I think it’s more complicated than that…

Game 34: Ducks vs Sharks

2009-12-17T16:52:00.012-06:00

Where? HP Pavillion, San Jose, California
Where? 10.30 PM EST / 7.30 PM PDT / 04.30 AM CET

Online streams:

KiloNet (Requires Web Sopcast and Internet Explorer)

Vexcast (Requires Internet Explorer)

Team Teal (Requires Internet Explorer and Web Sopcast)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Sharks:

Games Played: 33 - 34
Points: 33 - 45
Power Play: 23.1% - 21.2%
Short handed: 79.2% - 85.7%

Ducks record: 12-13-7 (15th in the Western Conference)
Sharks record: 19-8-7 (4th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks line up:

Kyle Calder- Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton

Matt Beleskey - Kyle Chipchura - Todd Marchant

Mike Brown - Petteri Nokelainen - George Parros

Brett Festerling - Scott Niedermayer

Ryan Whitney - Nick Boynton

James Wisniewski - Sheldon Brookbank

Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Jonas Hiller)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul's back will require surgery. He's out 6-8 weeks.

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is out with a broken hand until after christmas.

- Center Ryan Carter is still out with a foote injury but is getting closer to return.

- Defenseman Steve Eminger will likely serve as the Ducks healthy scratch.

- Defenseman James Wisniewski is expected to play despite feeling ill and missing practice this morning.

Sharks line up:

Patrick Marleau - Joe Thornton - Devin Setoguchi

Ryane Clowe - Joe Pavelski - Dany Heatley
Manny Malhotra - Torrey Mitchell - Jamie McGinn
Frazer McLaren - Scott Nichol - Jed Ortmeyer

Rob Blake - Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Dan Boyle - Douglas Murray
Kent Huskins - Jason Demers

Evgeni Nabokov (Thomas Greiss)

Notes:

- Defenseman Dan Boyle who has been suffering an undisclosed injury should be able to play.

- Forwards Brad Staubitz (face) and Jody Shelley (soreness) is unlikely to be back tonight.

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Game 33: Ducks vs Canucks

2009-12-16T14:10:00.002-06:00

Where? General Motors Place, Vancouver, British Columbia
Where? 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 04.00 AM CET

Online streams:

Work Bench Sports (Requires Flash and Internet Explorer)

Yahoo Sports

HKY Live, justin.tv (Requires UltraSurf and Internet Explorer)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Canucks:

Games Played: 32 - 33

Points: 31 - 38

Power Play: 23.1% - 23.7%

Short handed: 78.5% - 79.1%

Ducks record: 12-13-7 (15th in the Western Conference)
Canucks record: 19-14-0 (9th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks line up:

Kyle Calder- Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton

Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Petteri Nokelainen

Evgeny Artyukhin - Kyle Chipchura - George Parros

Brett Festerling - Scott Niedermayer

Ryan Whitney - Nick Boynton

James Wisniewski - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul's back will require surgery. He's out 6-8 weeks.

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is out with a broken hand until after christmas.

- Mike Brown is day to day with a upper body injury and is expected to miss tonight's game.

- Center Ryan Carter is still out with a foote injury but is getting closer to return.

- Defenseman Steve Eminger will likely serve as the Ducks healthy scratch.

Canucks line up:

Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Alexandre Burrows

Mason Raymond - Ryan Kesler - Mikael Samuelsson
Jannik Hansen - Kyle Wellwood - Steve Bernier
Tanner Glass - Ryan Johnson - Rick Rypien

Willie Mitchell - Kevin Bieksa
Christian Ehrhoff - Mathieu Schneider
Shane O'Brien - Sami Salo

Roberto Luongo (Andrew Raycroft)

Notes:

- Defenseman Alexander Edler should be out another week with an arm injury.

- Forward Michael Grabner is likely to be out until late December/early January with a hurt ankle.

- Forward Pavol Demitra is still out since having a shoulder surgery. Expected to return later this month or early in January.

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Much going on with me, not so much with the Ducks

2009-12-15T18:06:00.003-06:00

I've been very busy this week and will continue being so. The reason? I recieved an offer to become a Ducks blogger at hockeyindependet.com, a oppurtunity I can't pass on.

Today I wrote my first post on there:
http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=7750

I don't know what will happen to this blog now. But I'm going away from my "at least one post per day" policy. But I'll keep posting up pre game information for the time being. Christmas break is coming soon, so I should be able to write some here as well.

As for the Ducks, not much going on except for Joffrey Lupul's and Mike Brown's injuries. You can read about that in the post I linked to.

Game 32: Ducks vs Blue Jackets

2009-12-12T15:56:00.037-06:00

Where? Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Where? 7.00 PM EST / 4.00 PM PDT / 01.00 AM CET

Online streams:

Unknown (requires Sopcast and VLC)

SkytalkerTV (requires Sopcast and VLC)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Blue Jackets:

Games Played: 31 - 31

Points: 29 - 34

Power Play: 23.4% - 23.7%

Short handed: 77.8% - 79.7%

Ducks record: 11-13-7 (15th in the Western Conference)
Blue Jackets record: 14-11-6 (11th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks line up:

Kyle Calder- Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton

Petteri Nokelainen - Todd Marchant - George Parros

Matt Beleskey - Kyle Chipchura - Mike Brown

Brett Festerling - Scott Niedermayer

Ryan Whitney - Nick Boynton

James Wisniewski - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller (Jean-Sebastien Giguere)

Notes:

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is out with a broken hand until after christmas.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul was questionable for tonight's game with a leg injury. It appears now he wont participate.

- Center Ryan Carter is out with a broken foot until late December.

- The Ducks healthy scratches should be Steve Eminger and Evgeny Artyukhin/George Parros.

Blue Jackets line up:

Kristian Huselius - Antoine Vermette - Rick Nash

Jason Chimera - R.J. Umberger - Jakub Voracek
Raffi Torres - Derick Brassard - Derek Dorsett
Fredrik Modin - Samuel Pahlsson - Jared Boll

Jan Hejda - Mike Commodore
Fedor Tyutin - Anton Stralman
Kris Russell - Marc Methot

Steve Mason (Mathieu Garon)

Notes:

- Defenseman Rostislav Klesla is out with a torn groin until early January at least.

- Forward Fredrik Modin who was injured in preseason is set to make his season debute tonight. In addition, forward Derek MacKenzie was assigned to Syracuse of the AHL.

- Andrew Murray and Mathieu Roy are likely to be healthy scratches.

Other notes:

- Go check out my othere blog where I'm listing all trades being made in this league including polls. http://nhltransfers.blogspot.com/

Game 31: Ducks vs Red Wings

2009-12-11T10:50:00.012-06:00

Where? Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Where? 7.30 PM EST / 4.30 PM PDT / 01.00 AM CET

Online streams:

Red Wings live, justin.tv (Requires UltraSurf and Internet Explorer)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Red Wings:

Games Played: 30 - 30
Points: 28 - 33
Power Play: 23.4% - 20.7%
Short handed: 77.8% - 79.2%

Ducks record: 11-13-6 (15th in the Western Conference)
Red Wings record: 14-11-5 (11th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks line up:

Kyle Calder - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton

Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Petteri Nokelainen

Mike Brown - Kyle Chipchura - George Parros

Brett Festerling - Scott Niedermayer

Ryan Whitney - Nick Boynton

James Wisniewski - Sheldon Brookbank

Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Jonas Hiller)

Notes:

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is out 4-6 weeks with a broken hand.

- Right winger Joffrey Lupul will be out again. This time it isn't his back whatsoever, but one of his legs. However, it's possible his new injury was caused by his previous back injury. He is questonable for tomorrow's game against Columbus.

- Left winger Kyle Calder's eye injury has healed. He was questionable hours ago but will replace Lupul in the line up tonight after missing the last six games.

- Center Ryan Carter is out with a broken foot until late December.

- The Ducks healthy scratches should be Steve Eminger and Evgeny Artyukhin.

Red Wings line up:

Pavel Datsyuk - Henrik Zetterberg - Tomas Holmstrom

Ville Leino - Justin Abdelkader - Todd Bertuzzi
Kris Draper - Darren Helm - Patrick Eaves
Brad May - Drew Miller - Kirk Maltby

Nicklas Lidstrom - Brian Rafalski
Brad Stuart - Brett Lebda
Derek Meech - Jonathan Ericsson

Jimmy Howard (Chris Osgood)

according to the Red Wings board on HFboards.com

Notes:

- Defenseman Niklas Kronwall is out with a MCL sprain until late December - late January.

- Center Valtteri Filppula has a wrist injury and is out for the rest of December at least.

- Winger Daniel Cleary has a shoulder injury and should be back mid-late January.

- Winger Jason Williams will probably miss another month with an injured ankle.

- Defenseman Andreas Lilja has been out the whole season so far with a concussion.

Other notes:

- My blog is now in the Ducks finals of The NHL Arenas blog off tournament. The winner get's a banner on their websites side bar. You can vote for my blog here.

- Go check out my new blog where I'm listing all trades being made in this league including polls. http://nhltransfers.blogspot.com/

Sexton does it simple but the right way

2009-12-09T16:09:00.003-06:00

I’m currently ill so I wasn't gonna write much. But gotta mention Dan Sexton. I was impressed with him already in preseason and I think he could be a top six winger on this team for years to come. His two goals against Dallas the other night was huge. However, he’s small and quite bad defensively at this point in his career. His two goals might tell you he was better than he actually was.

Not to take credit away from him, because he certainly did well considering it was only his 3rd career NHL game. But my point is, the thing he did so well is actually very simple - he would shoot the puck. How often don't we get to hear the same answer in any intermission interview? “We have to get some more pucks on net”. Well Dan Sexton did just that last night, he was willing to shoot the puck from any position. Which when he didn’t score himself, more often than not created rebound chances for his linemates. He had impressively 9 shots on Marty Turco the other night, a new Ducks rookie single-game record.

Game 30: Ducks vs Stars

2009-12-08T06:44:00.037-06:00

Where? Honda Center, Anaheim, California
Where? 10.00 PM EST / 7.00 PM PDT / 04.00 AM CET

Online streams:

NASN 400k (requires Sopcast and VLC)

NHL Live, justin.tv (requires UltraSurf and Internet Explorer)

ND Sports (requires Internet Explorer and Online Sopcast)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Stars:

Games Played: 29 - 29
Points: 26 - 34
Power Play: 23.6% - 19.5%
Short handed: 77.9% - 80.0%

Ducks record: 10-13-6 (15th in the Western Conference)
Stars record: 13-8-8 (8th in the Western Conference)

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Ducks line up:

Corey Perry - Ryan Getzlaf - Joffrey Lupul

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton

Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Petteri Nokelainen

Evgeny Artyukhin - Kyle Chipchura - Mike Brown

Brett Festerling - Scott Niedermayer

Ryan Whitney - Nick Boynton

James Wisniewski - Sheldon Brookbank

Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Jonas Hiller)

Notes:

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is out 4-6 weeks with a broken hand.

- Center Ryan Carter is out with a broken foot until late December.

- Left winger Kyle Calder's eye injury has healed. But he's unlikely to play in tonight's game.

- The Ducks healthy scratches should be Steve Eminger, Kyle Calder and George Parros.

Stars line up:

James Neal - Mike Richards - Loui Eriksson

Brenden Morrow - Mike Ribeiro - Jamie Benn
Steve Ott - Mike Modano - Jere Lehtinen
Toby Petersen - Tom Wandell - Krys Barch

Nicklas Grossman - Stephane Robidas
Ivan Vishnevskiy - Trevor Daley
Mark Fistric - Matt Niskanen

Marty Turco (Alex Auld)

Notes:

- Latvian defenseman Karlis Skrastins has a finger injury. He's likely to be out until mid December. Ivan Vishnevskiy will replace him in the Stars' line up.

- Former Ducks forward Brian Sutherby is questionable with a groin injury.

- Defenseman Jeff Woywitka is out for undisclosed reasons.

- Fabian Brunnstrom and Warren Peters are set to be healthy scratches.

Other notes:

- I'm not sure if I will stay up watching this game. If that's the case, I won't be able to update any line up changes.

- My blog is now in the Ducks finals of The NHL Arenas blog off tournament. The winner get's a banner on their websites side bar. You can vote for my blog here.

- Go check out my new blog where I'm listing all trades being made in this league including polls. http://nhltransfers.blogspot.com/

It's time to rebuild...

2009-12-07T07:49:00.022-06:00

...at least in my opinion. I know it's long before deadline, but I don't see this team suddenly molding into a contender this year. Here would be my plan, with all teams' cap situations considered...

…trade or waive Steve Eminger now. Let both Brendan Mikkelson and Brett Festerling play.

…move Nick Boynton, Kyle Calder and Evgeny Artyukhin at the deadline to wherever for picks/prospects.

…trade Scott Niedermayer and Saku Koivu to the New Jersey Devils at the deadline, in a deal that would include Nicklas Bergfors. The Devils would have to make cap room though, but the Ducks could take on Brian Rolston’s cap hit at $5M for the next couple of seasons. However, Rolston has a no trade clause in his contract. The Ducks would more likely have to take on Dainius Zubrus at $3.2M for the next three years. I've spoke to some Devils fans, according to them he's not as overpaid as one might think. It wasn't even long ago he produced a lot of points in Washington, however that was with Alexander Ovechkin. But who's to say he can't put up 45-55 points with Ryan, Bergfors and Lupul on his wings?

…trade Jonas Hiller at the deadline to Calgary for David Moss. Hiller has gone from underrated to overrated this year, maybe the Ducks could get even more. Let Justin Pogge or Timo Pielmeier back up Jean-Sebastien Giguere for the rest of the season.

…package Petteri Nokelainen and George Parros in a deal for a prospect or a draft pick at the deadline.

The team after the deadline would look like:

Bobby Ryan - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Nicklas Bergfors - Dainius Zubrus - Teemu Selanne
Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Joffrey Lupul
Mike Brown - Ryan Carter - David Moss

(Kyle Chipchura, Dan Sexton, Troy Bodie, MacGregor Sharp)

James Wisniewski – Ryan Whitney
Brendan Mikkelson – a pending UFA we could get in a deal
Brett Festerling – Sheldon Brookbank

(Brian Salcido, Mark Mitera)

Jean-Sebastien Giguere
Justin Pogge

Then in the offseason:

…move Justin Pogge and Brett Festerling at the draft.

…re-sign Kyle Chipchura, Bobby Ryan, and James Wisniewski.

…sign goaltender Dan Ellis.

...sign defenseman Zbynek Michalek.

...sign goaltender prospect Mattias Modig. Let Pielmeier and Modig play in the AHL, Jean-Philippe Levasseur in the ECHL.

…sign defensemen Marek Zidlicky and Dan Hamhuis.

…expect Teemu Selanne to retire.

Line up next season:

Joffrey Lupul - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Bobby Ryan - Dainius Zubrus - Nicklas Bergfors
Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - David Moss
Kyle Chipchura - Ryan Carter - Mike Brown

(Petteri Wirtanen, Dan Sexton, MacGregor Sharp, Nicolas Deschamps, Troy Bodie)

Marek Zidlicky – Dan Hamhuis
James Wisniewski – Ryan Whitney
Zbynek Michalek – Luca Sbisa

(Sheldon Brookbank, Brendan Mikkelson, Mark Mitera)

Jean-Sebastien Giguere
Dan Ellis

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Basically, we pick up a lot of draft picks and a young ready NHL player in Nicklas Bergfors and young offensive depth in David Moss.

Ellis is a proven back up who has even showed he can be a starter for shorter periods of time.

We pick up a good offensive defenseman in Zidlicky, a shut down defenseman in Hamhuis and a two way defenseman in Michalek.

Post a comment and let me know your ideas for the future.

Game 29: Ducks vs Senators

2009-12-06T15:50:00.008-06:00

Where? Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, Ontario
When? 08.00 PM EST / 5.00 PM PDT / 02.00 AM CET

Online streams:

ND Sports Talk (Requires Internet Explorer)

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Team comparison, Ducks - Senators:

Games Played: 28 - 27
Points: 25 - 30
Power Play: 24.3% - 19.5%
Short handed: 77.8% - 84.1%

Ducks record: 10-13-5 (15th in the Western Conference)
Senators record: 13-10-4 (7th in the Eastern Conference)

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Ducks line up:

Joffrey Lupul - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry

Bobby Ryan - Saku Koivu - Dan Sexton

Matt Beleskey - Todd Marchant - Petteri Nokelainen

Mike Brown - Kyle Chipchura - George Parros

Scott Niedermayer - Nick Boynton

Ryan Whitney - James Wisniewski

Brett Festerling - Sheldon Brookbank

Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Jonas Hiller)

Notes:

- Right winger Teemu Selanne is out 4-6 weeks with a broken hand.

- Center Ryan Carter is out with a broken foot until late December.

- Left winger Kyle Calder will likely miss 2-3 more weeks with an eye injury.

Senators line up:

Milan Michalek - Jason Spezza - Ryan Shannon

Alexei Kovalev - Mike Fisher - Daniel Alfredsson

Jarkko Ruutu - Chris Kelly - Jonathan Cheechoo

Nick Foligno - Peter Regin - Ryan Keller

Chris Phillips - Filip Kuba

Anton Volchenkov - Erik Karlsson

Chris Campoli - Matt Carkner

Brian Elliott (Mike Brodeur)

Notes:

- Goaltender Pascal Leclaire is out until late december with a cheekbone injury.

- Forwards Chris Neil and Shean Donovan are out with knee problems.

- Defenseman Alexandre Picard is questionable with an upper body injury.

I won't stay up watching this game tonight. So I won't be able to update any line up changes.

NOTE:

Go check out my new blog where I'm listing all trades being made in this league including polls. http://nhltransfers.blogspot.com/

Lupul red-hot in comeback, Sexton recalled

2009-12-05T16:33:00.001-06:00

Not much going on right now obviously, the Ducks will play the Ottawa Senators tomorrow tonight. Joffrey Lupul made a strong comeback against the Wild, scoring two goals. He’s going to be important to this organization when Teemu Selanne retires. Dan Sexton made his first NHL game yesterday, he was called up from the AHL to replace Selanne. He had a strong preseason, I think he could turn out the best undrafted player of this club since Kunitz, Penner and McDonald. As I said, not much going on today. This team needs to rebuild, that’s what’s going on.

Again don't forget to check out my new blog. I really like the idea of it. http://nhltransfers.blogspot.com/