top-prospects Stories - Anaheim Calling
Penalty Kill: Dan Sexton
10/31/09 Update available here. ARTHUR:Anaheim calling to the hockey world...You may have missed this acquisition, but the Ducks signed Bowling Green RW Dan Sexton to a two-year entry-level contract at $500K (NHL salary) per season with a $150K signing bonus. His fee at the AHL level will be $50K...
Penalty Kill: Matt Clark and Igor Bobkov
ARTHUR:Anaheim calling to the hockey world...We continue our draft coverage of the Ducks' 2009 Draft Class with a profile of Round 2 selection Matt Clark and Round 3 selection Igor Bobkov.Round 2 - 37th OverallMatt Clark DUtilizing the Columbus pick they obtained by trading down from 21, the Ducks...
Penalty Kill: Vatanen, Illo and Valentine
ARTHUR:Anaheim calling to the hockey world...This final profile concludes our coverage of the Ducks' 2009 Entry Draft Class. The Ducks certainly journeyed out of North America this year, and for the first time in 8 years, refrained from selecting a player from The Q. They took a chance at virtually...
Penalty Kill: NCAA Tourney
ARTHUR:Anaheim calling to the hockey world...The NCAA tournament opened this weekend. If you haven't been glued to ESPN2, ESPNU and even the Notre Dame game on ESPNC then I'm sorry, but I just don't know what you're doing with your life. Anaheim had four prospects in the tournament. I thought we'd...
Young Guns
ARTHUR:Anaheim calling to the hockey world...Ducks Rookie Camp opened Saturday with practice at Anaheim Ice. The session produced one shoving match (Sbisa took exception to a slash by Sharp, who took exception to a pancake check by Sbisa), one potential injury (Macenauer stepped gingerly for the...
Top 20 Prospects: Preseason 2009
[Note: Rubric for this list available here].ARTHUR:Anaheim calling to the hockey world...Not too long ago, Sleek e-mailed me about the prospect of ranking our prospects, an undertaking suggested by rob of Anaheim Ducks Universe. I was initially hesitant. Despite being an armchair scout, I'm a...
Addendum to Top 20 Prospects: Preseason 2009
ARTHUR:A couple more cuts. The Ducks announced that they have waived Steve McCarthy and sent Matt McCue to Manitoba. I had thought McCue was doing well in camp, but a move to the Moose could mean the Front Office was having trouble finding a place for him.I was recently asked about McCue and how...
San Francisco Giants Top 30 Prospects
‘Tis as good a time as any, I suppose: Top 30 Prospects, Wild Overreaction to Early Samples Edition: I had an early list here, but why go on that when we have 60 at-bats and 20 innings pitched on which to make a value judgment? 1. Buster Posey This was where I had him at the start of the...
Holland-Day! Celebrate!
Forget the 8-7 loss to the Blue Jays in extra innings. Ranger fans have to be ecstatic after witnessing Derek Holland's major league debut last night. For those of you who don't follow the minors, Holland came out of nowhere last year to land on most prospect-nik's Top 50s. One of the last...
TotalZone on First Base Prospects
Rally and Sackmann have given us TotalZone stats for minor leaguers, which can be found at position players' pages at Minor League Splits. Sackmann provided the data, Rally created TotalZone, which he has long used with major league players. To find out more about these stats and how they translate...
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