Ducks waive Calder, Call up Bodie
by Daniel AC on Dec 28, 2009 6:06 PM PST
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DANIEL:
Bob Murray is finally starting to make decisions that make sense...maybe. The Ducks waived Kyle Calder after fairly disappointing performances on the first and third lines. Calder couldn't produce offensively despite playing with the top two scorers in the Ducks' lineup for long stretches of time. He did have a willingness to go to the net and do work in the corners, but that didn't translate into any goals or any consistent offensive chances. It's not a surprise that Kyle would be on the outside looking in with the return of Ryan Carter, and the eventual return of Selanne in another week or so.
In a more surprising move, the Ducks called up Tory Bodie from the Toronto Marlies of the AHL. Bodie had 8 goals and 5 assists to go along with 56 PIM in 32 games with San Antonio of the ECHL and Toronto of the AHL. Bodie didn't have a productive stint with the Ducks last time and it's hard to imagine he'll be much better this time. He brings little to the table other than his 6'4", 215 lb. frame. He has a small scoring touch, but it seems like Murray is trying to get a little more muscle in the bottom 6 and start grinding down opposing defense
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Troy Bodie looks like he just woke up
Ducks homepage has him listed at 6’4" 196lbs (which is a bit light for a guy that’s 6’ 4" in a contact sport, right?). I hope he’s closer to the 215lbs that Daniel listed.
With Getzlaf day-to-day and Calder sitting at the bus station (he cleared waivers, btw), where does that put our lines? Earl at BoC reported that the top line will be Perry-Marchant-Ryan which still leaves me hope for the Beleskey-Koivu-Sexton second line. I guess that leaves us with Bodie-Chipchura-Noks and Brown-Carter-Parros to round it out?
I was saying boo-urns.
Actually, I think they’re going to put Carter on the second line to make it more stable defensively. After that everything is up in the air the OC Register is reporting these line combinations. As you can see there’s no telling who’s going to end up where, other than Koivu will center Ryan and Perry.
In good news, Selanne might be back during the road trip and that would force Carlyle to juggle the lines even more. If Getzlaf stays down for a couple of games, I’d like to see Carter centering Selanne and Sexton. It would be very Kariya-Rucchin-Selanne, where Carter plays the role of Rucchin and his sole responsibility is to be as defensively responsible as possible while the other two make the offensive magic happen.
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