Entering last season, the Anaheim Ducks were a popular upstart pick to do some serious damage. However, they finished 11th and were perhaps the biggest disappointment in the league.
There were many things that could be pointed to as a cause of the problems, but the biggest was the loss of Chris Pronger on defense. When the Ducks won the Stanley Cup in 2007, it was their defense that did all the heavy lifting. This year not only is Pronger gone, but now Scott Niedermayer is gone as well. Those two losses are absolutely massive and a whole lot to overcome. No team has had a bigger offseason loss than the Ducks with Niedermayer.
So, it remains to be seen if this team is tough enough to overcome that setback.
Anaheim Ducks Offseason Moves
Niedermayer has retired, but two other key veterans—Teemu Selanne and Saku Koivu—have chosen to return to the team. The summer was filled with trades that saw Mike Brown, Steve Eminger and James Wisniewski leave the squad. Andy Sutton and Toni Lydman were signed to try to fill the impossibly big skates of Niedermayer on the blue line.
The biggest move of the ...
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