Duck Tales: Beware, the Mumps

Another round of highly informative as well as nonsensical Wednesday links in and around the Anaheim Hockey Club and the NHL.

By LuckieDuckie8@LuckieDuckie8 Dec 17, 2014, 10:00am PST

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DUCKS NEWS

Anaheim Ducks prospect Brandon Montour eligible immediately at UMass. [SBNation College Hockey]
Colby Robak is getting good looks with the Ducks. [CTV]
Reevaluation on Vancouver's off-season trades, including Ryan Kesler and former-Ducks Nick Bonino and Luca Sbisa. [VanCityBuzz]
Ducks back on top in the latest USA Today's NHL Power Rankings. [USA Today]
In case you missed the roster moves from earlier in the week: Ilya Bryzgalov and Dany Heatley will joined the Ducks in Toronto. [Ducks]
... and Jason LaBarbera reassigned to Norfolk. [Ducks]
... and Chris Wagner reassigned to Norfolk as well. [Ducks]

AROUND THE NHL

Edmonton Oilers fire Head Coach Dallas Eakins. [ESPN]
Would it be a mistake for the Oilers to trade away Taylor Hall? Sean Gentille of The Sporting News seems to think so. [The Sporting News]
Apparently, Taylor Hall is un-coachable. [Puck Daddy]
Sean McIndoe writes 10 Lessons Everyone Can Learn from the Oilers' Misery. [Grantland]
Slava Voynov was in court on Monday and a judge ruled there is enough evidence to go to trial, also the details are brutal. [Puck Daddy]
Yup, even Sydney Crosby cannot avoid the mumps, as anyone who saw his face on Friday could have told you. [LA Times]
The Mumps in New York, Round 2. [New York Post]
This Taylor Swift rendition of "Mumps Face" song is pretty awesome. [Puck Daddy]
Russia's slumping economy is spelling crisis for KHL teams. [ProHockeyTalk]
Comparing attendance figures for all 30 teams. Guess who's in last place.... [ProHockeyTalk]

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