The Anaheim Ducks are one of the league’s hottest teams to start the season. They haven’t been this good for a very long time. Rickard Rakell, Ryan Getzlaf, and Corey Perry were the leading scorers the last time this team made the post-season. Now, it’s Leo Carlsson, Cutter Gauthier, Mason McTavish, and Jackson Lacombe’s team. Pat Verbeek hadn’t exactly cultivated the best reputation for himself as a GM building this team over the past few seasons. With these kinds of results though, maybe people were wrong to criticize all that he’s done. Today, we take a look at the controversial rebuild of the Anaheim Ducks, and what the team looks like now as they head towards a return to the playoffs.
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0:00 Intro
1:00 Learning To Win
3:40 Verbeek’s Stamp
7:14 Next Step Forward
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Not sure if it was intentionally omitted (fair if so) but the hiring of Joel Quenneville as head coach also fits the category of controversial decisions, even if it’s for very different reasons.