46 Jean-Francois Jomphe (1996-1998)
At this point, many of you out there are saying “who?” I didn’t even remember him. In the early days of the franchise, Jomphe was a bottom line forward. A career sub-10-minutes per night player, he wound up skating 104 games in an Anaheim sweater.
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His best season came in 1996-97 when he scored 21 points (7g, 14a) and amassed 53 penalty minutes in 64 games. Jomphe was traded to Phoenix in 1998 for tough guy Jim McKenzie.
45 – Sami Vatanen (2013-2018)
The Finnish Flash 2.0 was an offensive weapon for the Anaheim Ducks during his four-and-a-half years with the team. A draft steal for Anaheim in 2009, Sami Vatanen was selected in the fourth round, 106th overall. He stayed in Finland for a few years before heading across the Atlantic. Once Vatanen got here he made quick work of the minors, playing a total of 70 games with Norfolk.
An adept puck handler, Vats was particularly dangerous on the power play. Defenders couldn’t play him close because he was too fast. They couldn’t play too far off him either due to his excellent passing ability. All totaled, Vats appeared in 280 games with the Ducks.
He put up 126 points (33g, 93a) in that time with almost half (60) of those coming on the man-advantage. Many fans were sad to see him go last November when he was traded to New Jersey for Adam Henrique.
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