Anaheim Ducks Were Chicago’s Stiffest Test? Whoop-de-doo!
Jonathan Toews dishes some praise, and I’m a poet. No, I will not finish that rhyme.
This just in: summer is boring.
For those of you who don’t know, you can subscribe to Google News alerts for all sorts of topics. I receive emails whenever Google News digs up something up regarding the Anaheim Ducks, and obviously my inbox is not exactly getting filled up with alerts at this point of the summer.
However, I did receive one email today with not one but four articles for me to check out regarding the Anaheim Ducks. Sadly, all four articles were about the same “news:”
ICYMI: Jonathan Toews says #Lightning weren't the biggest challenge this year; the #Ducks were http://t.co/jMXRK8hvZk pic.twitter.com/udzFUxVkMd
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) July 19, 2015
Can’t I just wake up tomorrow and it will be October already?
Here’s more of the story courtesy of Yahoo! Sports:
"The Chicago Blackhawks won their third championship in six seasons by beating Tampa Bay in six tight games in the Stanley Cup Final.But Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews and teammates said Saturday the Anaheim Ducks were a tougher opponent than the Lightning. Chicago topped Anaheim in seven games in the Western Conference final.”Anaheim had so many components of the game,” Toews said. ”The physicality, the speed, the skill of the top-end players like the (Ryan) Getzlafs and (Corey) Perrys we ran up against. They were such a tough team in goaltending and all aspects.”That’s the series that stands out to me in the last number of years as far as the challenges.”"
It’s interesting note that Toews made reference to the last number of years when pointing out that the Anaheim Ducks were a challenge, meaning that it was not just this past postseason that the Ducks struck a little bit of fear into the heart of the Blackhawks.
Considering Toews is someone I respect the hell out of, this is high praise, indeed. Not much consolation to Anaheim Ducks fans, obviously, just further proof that Anaheim is on the cusp of doing something special. When you think about how little the roster has changed so far this summer, there’s plenty of reason to believe that the Ducks will be in a position to enjoy another epic showdown with the Blackhawks in 2016.