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Who are those guys?
The Ducks have announced the roster for the upcoming Rookie Faceoff tournament, the most wonderful time of the year for those that are Ducks future-talent-inclined. Among the usual recent draft picks and returning draft picks, there are always a smattering of try-outs. Those that the Ducks scouting staff likely had…
Read More »The Kids Are Out There – 2018 NHL Entry Draft
Note: This article has now been updated as of February 2022. I’ve been fielding some questions on twitter on who is coming in for this season in terms of new prospects to the AHL. To be honest it’s a pretty sparse class of debutantes this season – the 2019 draft…
Read More »2021 Offseason: Comings and Goings
Free Agency has begun! Below is a time line of the departures and arrivals as well as a line-up that will be continually updated as news comes to hand. DatePlayerTeam10 June 2021Jamie DevaneWilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)9 June 2021Alex DostieVienna Capitals (IEHL – Austria)14 July 2021Sam CarrickAnaheim Ducks (NHL) / San Diego…
Read More »2021 NHL Entry Draft Recap
The NHL entry draft for 2021, widely regarded as the most unscouted in recent history, took place over the weekend. Usually I would have done a pre-draft series of articles covering some of the players in the draft as well as a break-down focusing on the Ducks areas of need…
Read More »Situations Vacant: Assistant Coach
If you some how missed the various items of news surrounding the Gulls coaching changes in the last few months let me catch you up. 28th Mary 2021 – David Urquhart accepts Head-Coaching position at McGill University 1st July 2021 – Sylvain Lefebvre takes Assistant Coach position with the Columbus…
Read More »The Veteran Rule
Updated: 4th July 2025 The AHL Veteran rule has always existed as a preventive measure to stop teams from straight up stacking their rosters with talent to the detriment of those players still trying to find and fine-tune their game at the professional level. First and foremost the AHL is…
Read More »San Diego Gulls 2021 Grades
The season of the Upside Down (TM) has come to a close and it is time to assign the San Diego Gulls player grades. Forty four regular season games. Three “post season” games. One hundred and thirty three players that didn’t want to play in the “post season”. Four defense-men…
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San Diego Gulls 2026-2027 Team
It is that time of year again! Like in years past – this post …