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2018 Offseason Preview: Anaheim Ducks
The theme of aquatic birds continues in DtFR’s offseason preview series, as it’s time to tackle the Anaheim Ducks’ priorities regarding their pending free agents. Featuring a playoff roster with an average age of 28.5-years-old, logic would indicate the Ducks are in their prime. However, even though they’ve qualified for the postseason for six-straight seasons,…
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Sharks Move On From Past; Ducks Mired in It
Game 3 was a must-win for the Anaheim Ducks after losing two games at home to the San Jose Sharks. The embarrassing 8-1 lost showed a tale of two California teams–one finally moving beyond the team helmed by Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton for the past decade and the other desperate to relive their…
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March 8 – Day 148 – Home ice advantage
Thursdays in the NHL never disappoint, as there’s a whopping 12 games on the slate this evening! Like most nights, the action finds its start at 7 p.m. this evening with three games (Philadelphia at Boston [NHLN/SN], Winnipeg at New Jersey and Colorado at Columbus), followed half an hour later by four more (Buffalo at…
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February 5 – Day 117 – Quack attack
In your sporadic Trade Deadline countdown, we’re three weeks away from February 26. It may not seem like it strictly going off completed transactions, but head coaches and general managers around the league are already well into their plans for the final push of the regular season. As for today’s action, there’s four games on…
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December 29 – Day 83 – Roasted duck
New Year’s weekend is upon us, so it’s time to settle in and watch some hockey. This Friday is an excellent start to the festivities, as there’s 11 games on the schedule. The action begins at 7 p.m. with Buffalo at New Jersey, followed half an hour later by four more (Columbus at Ottawa [RDS],…
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November 20 – Day 48 – Where’s the offense?
We’re only three days away from the all-important American Thanksgiving holiday! Every team (well, maybe not Arizona and Buffalo) will be working to pack as many points into these days as possible, which should make for some exciting action. Said action is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. with three games (Columbus at Buffalo [SN1],…
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Merkle’s Weekly Bumblings: Week 5
Player of the Week: Nikita Kucherov Tampa is kind of making these choices too easy every week. The hottest team in the league continued to roll, and the hottest line in the league followed suit. Linemates Vladislav Namestnikov (4 goals, 1 assist) and Steven Stamkos (1 goal, 5 assists) were certainly no slouches, but Kucherov’s 2…
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Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Finals – May 14
Nashville Predators at Anaheim Ducks – Game 2 With a 5-3 victory at the Honda Center Sunday, Anaheim leveled its Western Finals series against the Predators at 1-1. Three goals is all the Predators needed to beat Anaheim in Game 1. In Game 2, both clubs had already reached that mark by the 30:41 mark.…
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Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Finals – May 12
Nashville Predators at Anaheim Ducks – Game 1 With their 3-2 overtime victory over Anaheim at the Honda Center, the Predators have stolen home-ice advantage and a one-game lead in the Western Finals. The biggest difference in this game seemed to be energy and rest. The Predators eliminated St. Louis on May 7 while the…
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