NHL Entry Draft

Nashville, Tennesse. The much anticipated Anaheim Ducks NHL Entry Draft 2023 has completed and second year Ducks General Manager Pat Verbeek has taken yet another step further in cementing the club in his image by emphasizing size in his selections. However; in contrast to the previous years widely praised group…

Montreal, Quebec. The 2022 NHL entry draft has completed and the Ducks have selected a Russian born defender and a power forward two-way center from Quebec with their two first round selections then followed that with a focus on size in both defense and up front. The First Round With…

2021 NHL Entry Draft. This is part four of a multi-part series exploring the Ducks four most recent NHL entry drafts to give an overall view of how far away certain prospects are and when we might expect to see them with the Gulls/Ducks. Part 1 featuring the 2018 draft…

Note: This article has been updated as of April 2022. This is part two of a multi-part series exploring the Ducks four most recent NHL entry drafts to give an overall view of how far away certain prospects are and when we might expect to see them with the Gulls/Ducks.…

Note: This original article has been updated as of 20th of April 2022 This is part three of a multi-part series exploring the Ducks four most recent NHL entry drafts to give an overall view of how far away certain prospects are and when we might expect to see them…

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…

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…

The NHL Entry Draft Covid Edition came and went with what I can only describe as more pleasant surprises than disappointments. Expectations were low heading in to the draft due to rumors that the Ducks were willing to trade down or even move the sixth overall pick and given various…

Coming in as the highest-ranked defender in the 2020 Draft, Jamie Drysdale also checks two of the three criteria for the Ducks’ needs. He shoots right – regardless of positionHe is a power play specialist defenceman The minor controversy and concern surrounding Drysdale is where he should be selected given…

Throwing back to my “depth assessment” piece (that I wrote way back when we were not even sure if the Ducks season was over yet) we know that the Ducks are desperately in need of three things. Right shooting players – regardless of positionGoal scorers and pure snipersPower Play specialist…