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Top 10 Anaheim Ducks Prospects: June 2018 Edition Part One, 10-6

By Chris Bushell

DALLAS, TX - JUNE 22: Isac Lundestrom poses after being selected twenty-third overall by the Anaheim Ducks during the first round of the 2018 NHL Draft at American Airlines Center on June 22, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX - JUNE 22: Isac Lundestrom poses after being selected twenty-third overall by the Anaheim Ducks during the first round of the 2018 NHL Draft at American Airlines Center on June 22, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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SAN JOSE, CA: Antoine Morand #54 of the Anaheim Ducks skates after the puck against the San Jose Sharks in a prospects game, September 19, 2017. (Photo by Rocky W. Widner/NHL/Getty Images) /

7. Antoine Morand, Center (2017 second-round)

"“An undersized but very speedy and skilled playmaker. He thinks the game at a high level and is often a step ahead of his opponents mentally. Has a motor that never breaks and keeps working hard in every shift with a great energy-level.” – Dennis Schellenberg, The Hockey Writers"

Schellenberg’s evaluation of sums up Antoine Morand very well. He is undersized but ask Calgary how that affects Johnny Gaudreau’s game. Size isn’t what it used to be in the NHL and Morand could find quite the home with the Anaheim Ducks one day. A good comparison would be Morand is a slightly taller version of Kevin Roy.

A member of the reigning Memorial Cup Champion Acadie-Bathurst Titans, Morand was traded to the Halifax Moosehead where he hopes to keep his scoring touch going. In three seasons with the Titans, he played 181 games and tallied 200 points. Those are outstanding numbers and with another year in Juniors who knows what he could produce.

Morand is in a good spot as numerous prospects could and should graduate to the NHL level this season. He can light it up in Juniors next season and then in the AHL with San Diego the following year before he’s called up to produce at Honda Center.

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