By Thomas Harrington The Anaheim Ducks began day two of the draft with eight picks: 33rd overall, 59th overall, 60th overall, 65th overall, 85th overall, 97th overall, 129th overall, and 161st overall. The Ducks kept all eight picks and did not make any moves during the draft. With their picks, Anaheim chose left winger Nico…
By Thomas Harrington The Ducks entered the 2023 NHL Entry Draft with the second overall pick. Chicago, unsurprisingly, took Connor Bedard first overall. The Ducks then stepped up to the podium and selected center Leo Carlssson. Rounding out the top five, Columbus took Adam Fantilli third overall, San Jose took Will Smith fourth overall, and…
By Michael Walters The Anaheim Ducks selected defenseman Olen Zellweger with their 2nd round pick, 34th overall. According to several scouting reports, Zellweger brings a solid two-way game and play making ability. He is a good puck handler and will carry the puck through the neutral zone bringing a quick transition game to his play. He…
By Thomas Harrington Last year, while the NHL was on pause because of the COVID-19 pandemic, I started reviewing every draft class that Bob Murray had drafted with Anaheim, starting with 2009 and stopping with the 2015 class. I figured five years was enough time to grade how well a draft class was doing. Overall,…
By: Logan Orsini The Anaheim Ducks will have the 3rd overall pick in the up and coming 2021 NHL Draft. In usual Anaheim fashion, they were the only team to drop in the draft lottery, with the young Seattle Kraken franchise jumping them to secure the 2nd overall pick. Though this may seem disappointing, Anaheim…
By Thomas Harrington After my prediction of drafting Lucas Raymond 6th overall, Anaheim will step back up to the podium with the 27th overall pick. They acquired it from Boston, along with David Backes and Axel Andersson, when they traded Ondrej Kase to the Bruins. The Ducks have a number of options with the 27th…
By Thomas Harrington With the top 20 done, it’s time to turn our attention to teams picking between 21st and 26th overall in the upcoming NHL Entry Draft and what potential deals, if any, the Ducks could make to move up in the first round. I’ll follow the same criteria as before, so you won’t…
By Thomas Harrington With the top 15 done, it’s time to turn our attention to teams picking between 16th and 20th overall in the upcoming NHL Entry Draft. At this point, we’ve now entered the territory of teams who made the playoffs but did not advance past the first or second round. Depending on how…
By Thomas Harrington With the top 10 picks gone, it’s time to turn our attention to the teams picking from 11th through 15th and if there are any teams that Anaheim might be interested in making a deal with. I’ll follow the same criteria as before, so you won’t see Ryan Getzlaf, Adam Henrique, Jakob…
By Michael Walters With the Stanley Cup Playoffs now concluded, it’s time to focus on the NHL Draft and Free Agency. The Anaheim Ducks have a couple of first-round picks and there has been discussion of them trading up and/or down in the first round. There have also been reports that the Winnipeg Jets are…
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