The Anaheim Ducks have quietly built an impressive stockpile of talented, young defenders. Players like Jackson LaCombe, Olen Zellweger, and Pavel Mintyukov are beginning to prove as much on the left-hand side, but Anaheim is still searching for that same kind of breakout on the right-side.
With the All-Star break approaching, the trade deadline looms large and is about a month and a half away. Where does each team stand, and what moves should they be looking to make? We start our look around the league with the Anaheim Ducks.
The Anaheim Ducks have assigned defenseman Tristan Luneau to the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League, the team announced on Friday (Nov. 1). The move comes as the Ducks (4-4-2, 7th in the Pacific) return from a five-game Eastern Conference road trip.
Last year’s Canadian Hockey League trade deadline has set a precedent for how this year’s installment would unfold, with an incredible number of draft picks getting moved.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
The Anaheim Ducks return from the Christmas break on Wednesday (Dec. 27) with a home matchup against the Vegas Golden Knights. Before the league-wide shutdown,
The Anaheim Ducks made the right choice to allow Tristan Luneau to play for Canada at the 2024 World Junior Championship. He is expected to be a key part of the Canadian defense corps at the tournament while occupying a top-four spot and seeing time on the second power-play unit.