NHL trade rumors, whether they are legitimate or not, take on the life of their own sometimes. In the last two months, Anaheim Ducks stars Ryan Getzlaf and Bobby Ryan have been thrown into trade rumors due to the team’s struggles. Those rumors, however, weren’t orchestrated on internet message boards.Ducks GM Bob Murray has made it known that he is willing deal a star to “shake things up,” per se. And that would be the wrong approach for Murray and the Ducks.There’s no arguing that the Ducks have been one of this season’s biggest disappointments. Pundits expected them to contend for the Pacific Division title, not the Western Conference cellar. But that doesn’t mean Murray should just trade away one or two of their best players.On the RLD Hockey Talk podcast last week, ESPN.com’s Craig Custance made a valid comparison between this year’s Ducks and the 2006-07 Philadelphia Flyers. That team was an underachiever, as well. In...
Original Story:
