Your Friendly Thursday Links Roundup: The Breaking Down The Ducks' Preseason Edition

DUCKS NEWS

• The Ducks announced their preseason schedule on Tuesday evening. Pop the hood for all of the details. [Anaheim Ducks]
• The Fort Wayne Komets have signed winger Chris Auger, forward John Dunbar, and three rookies. [News-Sentinel.com]
• Corey Perry will participate in Hockey Night In Barrie VI, which will raise funds for the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre. [Simcoe.com]
• A profile of John Gibson, and his brief (but stellar) career. [CBS Pittsburgh]
• Re-doing the 2003 NHL draft, which produced Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf, and basically everyone else who matters in the NHL. [Yorkton This Week]

AROUND THE NHL

• The Vancouver Canucks annual Summer Summit gave fans access to club personnel, which resulted in an interesting interview process (hint: the Sedins will be receiving contract extensions shortly). [SB Nation]
• The Toronto Maple Leafs have inked defenseman Paul Ranger to a one-year deal worth $1 million, according to reports. [CBC]
• Bill Guerin, Doug Weight, Ron Mason, Cindy Curley, and Peter Karmanos, Jr. headline this year's inductees into the US Hockey Hall of Fame. [NHL.com]
• The agent for restricted free-agent defenseman Jared Cowen says negotiations with the Ottawa Senators will soon pick up pace. [Senators Extra]
• Justin Bourne discusses the differences between playing on Olympic and NHL-sized ice sheets. [Backhand Shelf]