NHL MID OFF-SEASON REPORT:
A LOOK AT ALL 30 NHL TEAMS
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Anaheim
Due to Francois Beauchemin and Sean O’Donnel departing through free agency over the last two years, Chris Pronger being traded to Philadephia (last summer), the trade of James Wisniewski to the NYI (this summer) and the recent retirement of Scott Niedermeyer (this summer), the Ducks once elite defensive unit has seen better days. Lubomir Vishnovski is a second tier defense men who is quite capable of running a power play and dishing the puck as well as playing 20-24 minutes a night, but could use some more physicality to his game.
After him it begins to fall off quite steadily. Luca Sbisa and Toni Lydman will end up bearing more load than shoul ...
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Article written by Torrin Batchelor