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Anaheim Ducks: The Good, The Bad and Things Fans Want to Forget – Part 3 Amnesia, Please

By Kennyth M

SAN JOSE, CA - APRIL 18: Joe Pavelski #8 of the San Jose Sharks shakes hands with John Gibson #36 of the Anaheim Ducks in Game Four of the Western Conference First Round during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at SAP Center on April 18, 2018 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Rocky W. Widner/NHL/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Joe Pavelski; John Gibson
SAN JOSE, CA - APRIL 18: Joe Pavelski #8 of the San Jose Sharks shakes hands with John Gibson #36 of the Anaheim Ducks in Game Four of the Western Conference First Round during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at SAP Center on April 18, 2018 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Rocky W. Widner/NHL/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Joe Pavelski; John Gibson /
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LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 13: Los Angeles Kings Defenceman Kurtis MacDermid (56) and Los Angeles Kings Left Wing Marian Gaborik (12) violently check Anaheim Ducks Right Wing Ondrej Kase (25) at mid-ice. (Photo by Chris Williams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Another NHL season is officially in the books. Kenny Marcial takes a final look back at the Anaheim Ducks in 2017-18 with his three-part series. Today, Part 3 – Help me forget, closes it out.

In the previous two parts, I reviewed the good and bad aspects of the 2017-2018 season. In the third part, I will be focusing on the things fans want to forget about. Like a coach who throws away the game tape of a lackluster performance, fans would like to throw out the following memories.

The injuries

Heading into the season, Anaheim Ducks fans understood several of the team’s most important players would be missing, at least initially. Two of the Ducks top four defensemen (Sami Vatanen, Hampus Lindholm) were on the shelf with shoulder injuries and the shutdown center, Ryan Kesler, was expected to miss half the season. What took everyone by surprise was the injuries that mounted up during the season.

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  • Patrick Eaves played only two games before his diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
  • Ryan Getzlaf took a puck to the face and ended up missing 26 games on the season.
  • Cam Fowler hurt his knee and missed the entire playoffs.  Surprisingly, he missed more games than Lindholm did in 2017-18.
  • Ondrej Kase was practically decapitated by L.A.’s Kurtis MacDermid. His resulting injury caused Kase to miss 10+ games.
  • Corey Perry injured his knee and missed 11 games.
  • Kevin Bieksa broke his hand which caused him to miss several games down the stretch. To be honest, it was nice having him out of the lineup, but it was

The above injuries in addition to all the nagging maladies that we will never officially know about (among which I believe Silfverberg was dealing with), meant the Ducks didn’t stand a chance at having success in the playoffs.

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