Sunday Editorial: Anaheim Ducks Have Decisions to Make this Week (so do you)

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LAS VEGAS, NV – JUNE 24: Bob Murray of the Anaheim Ducks poses after being named NHL General Manager of the Year during the 2014 NHL Awards. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

Trades

Murray didn’t earn the nickname “Big Deal Bob” for nothing. He can wheel and deal with the best of them. His method of operation suggests that he trades for the players he needs rather than chasing free agents. Very rarely does Murray make a WTH deal (cough Chris Wagner for Jason Chimera cough).

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There are teams such as Ottawa and Carolina who are in selling mode. What Anaheim Ducks fans should expect is something unexpected. Because the GM is so tight-lipped, unless you have an office close to Murray’s on Katella Avenue, his trades often appear to come out of nowhere.

Your Decision

We have talked about the decisions Murray has to make, but we’d like our readers to make one as well. All week the Pucks of a Feather staff has been participating in our first annual Anaheim Ducks/ PofaF General Manager Challenge. The goal was to put together a team to compete with the NHL’s best next year (and beyond) while operating within both the NHL salary cap and the Anaheim Ducks internal budget restraints.

If you haven’t been following the contest, you should. On one hand, it’s amazing that five different people have five completely different ideas about how to assemble the 2018-19 Ducks. On the other hand, it shows that there is more than one way to get the job done. Who built the best roster? Your choices this year are (in alphabetical order):

Click on the link to read each contributors ideas. Then let us know who did the best on either Facebook or Twitter.

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