francois-beauchemin Stories - Battle of California
Duckling (P)review
Black Dog Hates Skunks said...who do you like amongst the kids and why?Quick answer: In terms of what the Ducks needed, I think Beauchemin was the best kid in '05-'06. Long term, I'm guessing Getzlaf is the guy, although there should be some good competition.I should say that I am very happy with...
Sleek's Poetry Corner
(Author’s note: I am no real poet, but I’ve probably been too analytical lately, and my imaginary therapist says this might help.)ODE TO FRENCHY:Fedorov joined us in 2003’s summerReplacing Kariya, who left (what a bummer!)After the rollback, he was still overpaid,Now that his skills were starting...
Frenchie says "Oui, Oui!"
Fairly big news on the Anaheim front, as the Ducks have signed Francois Beauchemin to a 2-year contract extension, salary yet unknown [Edit: Per the OC Register, it is for $1.65 M each year]. I'm fairly sure that this does not affect his $500k cap number this year*, as that cannot be adjusted by...
More photos from SJ/ANA
Pronger in game action. I guess this guy is growing on me, though I still have to catch myself from saying "You suck!" everytime I mention his name. He was as good as advertised last night, although he did break two different sticks trying to shoot pucks on net. Some good seats for a prime battle...
Reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated
No, Sleek is not dead. Sorry for the unannounced hiatus, but after slicing my foot, pulling my groin twice, straining my abdomen, rupturing my spleen, and breaking my other foot, I suppose I needed a few days off.Oh wait a second, those things didn’t happen to me; those happened to Sean O’Donnell,...
Red Wings Shooting Guide
Stolen from Mike Babcock's playbook, page 34:Figure 1: Where to shoot to beat J.S. GiguereLosing G1 2-1 is not the worst possible outcome for the Ducks, but it certainly is not the best. There are some things to take solace in: the Ducks outshot the Wings 32-19 and carried a lot of the...
Retirement Threat #1: how do you replace Scott Niedermayer?
(Author’s Note: I HAVE NO NEWS IN THIS POST. I figured I’d best say that up front.)So with Scott Niedermayer and Teemu Selanne both threatening to retire 'on top of the world', I thought I’d spend today looking at Scott’s on-ice contribution, and deal with Teemu's in a separate post.Over the course...
Welcome Back Scotter?
Sorry, kids, but this picture/title is a bit of an older reference, before my time, even.At any rate, word on the web is that Scotty is considering coming back for another season, though for whatever reason, he doesn’t want to go to England. Severe anglophobia aside, this would be a tremendous...
Ducks Gameday—Who would you move to make Niederroom?
Anaheim Ducks (14-12-4, t-6th in west) at Nashville Predators (13-11-2, 11th in west)The second guest-art installmentin the spade-in-victorhell series.I don't have much to say about last night's game against Chicago, except (a) the Ducks won despite being outshot 42 - 22, and (b) Andy McDonald and...
More Number-Crunching with Scott
I'm in a bit of a rush today, but I did want to throw down a few more numbers around Scott Niedermayer's return to the lineup last year, even though he apparently doesn't need to give Brian Burke a retirement decision until July 1st now. I also made Burke's deadline the topic of this week's...
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