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Anaheim Ducks: Predicting Who Will Be Part of the 2019-20 Flock

By Chris Bushell

WINNIPEG, MB - JANUARY 13: Rickard Rakell #67 and Daniel Sprong #11 of the Anaheim Ducks celebrate a first period goal against the Winnipeg Jets with teammates at the bench at the Bell MTS Place on January 13, 2019 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images)
WINNIPEG, MB - JANUARY 13: Rickard Rakell #67 and Daniel Sprong #11 of the Anaheim Ducks celebrate a first period goal against the Winnipeg Jets with teammates at the bench at the Bell MTS Place on January 13, 2019 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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ANAHEIM, CA – JUNE 29: San Diego Gulls head coach Dallas Eakins talks with players during the Anaheim Ducks’ annual development camp at Anaheim ICE in Anaheim on Friday, June 29, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
ANAHEIM, CA – JUNE 29: San Diego Gulls head coach Dallas Eakins talks with players during the Anaheim Ducks’ annual development camp at Anaheim ICE in Anaheim on Friday, June 29, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan/Orange County Register via Getty Images) /

Friend or not vouched for him or not, I cannot imagine that Murray or ownership for that matter will allow Randy Carlyle to return as the Ducks coach next season. For all of Murray’s defense of his friend this season, there is no denying that the system doesn’t work and that the team seems to have tuned him out. A new voice needs to be installed into the room and the summer will allow that person to have the entirety of the off-season to build the staff and scheme they want. The safe and logical choice is to promote Dallas Eakins from AHL San Diego.

Eakins first go as an NHL coach didn’t go well in Edmonton but he has done a great job with the Gulls in San Diego and has had a hand in helping many of the players that made the jump from SD to Anaheim. The team is getting younger and will continue to and having a young coach who understands the changing game wouldn’t be a bad move. The smart move would have been to make him the interim coach this season to see what he could do but hey guess there is a reason I am not the Ducks GM.

Should the Ducks want to keep Eakins in SD to continue grooming the young players at the AHL level they could look outside the organization. Joel Quenneville remains unemployed after he was fired from Chicago in the fall and our own Eddy Jones is angling for current Sweedish National team head coach Rickard Gronborg to take the reins. This is a fluid situation that is difficult to predict for many reasons. But to see a great breakdown of our Top 5 candidates take a look at Eddy’s article here.

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