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Created by: Stgstg55
Team: 2021-22 Anaheim Ducks
Initial Creation Date: Aug. 6, 2021
Published: Aug. 6, 2021
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
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Left Handed
Original Team
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Position
Trade Clause
Max Perf. Bonus
Expiry Status
Term Remaining
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Waivers ExemptMcDavid, Connor
$12,500,000 (Performance Bonus$250,000)
C
NMC
UFA - 5
Description
Bob Murray’s time as the Anaheim Duck’s general manager needs to be over.

He’s has been nothing but disappointing for the past 4 years and has done barley anything, quite literally nothing for the team.

His asset management has been extremely poor the past 4 years including examples with the expansion drafts. A) Shea Theodore should’ve have been protected over most of the Ducks defenseman at the time ( Bieska Vatanen Manson etc.) and could’ve easily been avoided taken by Vegas. As for Seattle, trading for Fleury at the deadline just to losing him to Seattle for nothing is EXTREMELY poor asset management, especially when you’re not contending.

Whereas trading and signings go, he has been a penny-pincher of a GM, never going out and signing good Free Agents and also signing the cheapest players possible.

As for rebuilding, this man refuses to disperse a core to save his life. Players like Henrique, Rakell, Manson and Silfverberg should’ve been moved last offseason or this trade deadline. They’re now expiring contracts and their value has lowered ever since the market is now already been swept through.

As for drafting, wasting 3rd OA on a player who could’ve been taken at 10th OA and could’ve easily been traded down to get more assets. Martin Madden easily has saved the Ducks drafting in later rounds.

I can go on and on, but Murray needs to go.
Trades
1.
ANA
TOR
  1. Rakell, Rickard
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Should’ve been gone at 2021 TDL
2.
ANA
WPG
  1. Manson, Josh
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Should’ve been traded at 2021 TDL
3.
ANA
  1. Fleury, Haydn
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Should’ve been open to protect with Manson gone at the Deadline
SEA
4.
ANA
DET
  1. Larsson, Jacob
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Should’ve been traded or placed on waivers a while ago
5.
ANA
OTT
  1. McTavish, Mason [Reserve List]
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Should’ve been drafted lower, trade down or draft someone else ( Eklund, Hughes, etc. )
6.
ANA
OTT
  1. Henrique, Adam
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Should’ve been moved at 2021 TDL
7.
ANA
COL
  1. Gibson, John
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Should be traded for a haul to speed up the rebuild and let Gibson content somewhere
8.
ANA
  1. Theodore, Shea
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Should’ve been protected over Vatanen, Bieska, Manson, etc.
VGK
9.
ANA
NYR
  1. Shattenkirk, Kevin
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Should not have been signed
Buyouts
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2022
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2023
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2024
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
14$81,500,000$35,052,778$0$2,350,000$46,447,222
Left WingCentreRight Wing
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Milano, Sonny
$1,700,000$1,700,000
LW, RW
UFA - 1
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Getzlaf, Ryan
$3,000,000$3,000,000 (Performance Bonus$1,500,000$2M)
C
NMC
UFA - 1
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Silfverberg, Jakob
$5,250,000$5,250,000
RW, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 3
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Volkov, Alexander
$925,000$925,000
LW, RW
UFA - 1
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Grant, Derek
$1,500,000$1,500,000
LW, C
UFA - 2
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Terry, Troy
$1,450,000$1,450,000
RW
UFA - 2
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Deslauriers, Nicolas
$1,000,000$1,000,000
LW, RW
UFA - 1
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Robinson, Buddy
$750,000$750,000
RW
UFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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Lindholm, Hampus
$2,602,778$2,602,778
LD
UFA - 1
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Stolarz, Anthony
$950,000$950,000
G
UFA - 2
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Fowler, Cam
$6,500,000$6,500,000
LD/RD
M-NTC
UFA - 5
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Drysdale, Jamie
$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
RD
RFA - 2
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Theodore, Shea
$5,200,000$5,200,000
LD/RD
UFA - 4
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Fleury, Haydn
$1,300,000$1,300,000
LD/RD
UFA - 1
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
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Kesler, Ryan
$6,875,000$6,875,000
C, RW
M-NTC
UFA - 1

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Aug. 6, 2021 at 3:27 a.m.
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TZ11
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Edited Aug. 6, 2021 at 8:51 a.m.
I think most Ducks fans can agree that Murray's contract should not be extended next summer.

I don't agree on the McTavish take tho. I wanted Eklund but I'm fine with McTavish and maybe he'll surprise everyone in the OHL next season. It seems like a bit of a reach right now but it's simply too early to rate a pick. Look at Seider for example. Everyone criticized Yzerman for picking him that high but now he's one of the best NHL-affiliated prospects.
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Aug. 6, 2021 at 3:51 a.m.
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Stgstg55
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Quoting: TZ11
I agree with the criticism of Murray. I think most Ducks fans can agree that his contract should not be extended next summer.

I don't agree on the McTavish take tho. I wanted Eklund but I'm fine with McTavish and maybe he'll surprise everyone in the OHL next season. It seems like a bit of a reach right now but it's simply too early to rate a pick. Look at Seider for example. Everyone criticized Yzerman for picking him that high but now he's one of the best NHL-affiliated prospects.


I just feel like we could’ve traded down to like 10 and still would’ve been able to draft him and still got something out of it as well.
Aug. 6, 2021 at 4:03 a.m.
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Radu47
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Quoting: TZ11
I agree with the criticism of Murray. I think most Ducks fans can agree that his contract should not be extended next summer.

I don't agree on the McTavish take tho. I wanted Eklund but I'm fine with McTavish and maybe he'll surprise everyone in the OHL next season. It seems like a bit of a reach right now but it's simply too early to rate a pick. Look at Seider for example. Everyone criticized Yzerman for picking him that high but now he's one of the best NHL-affiliated prospects.


Seider is very anomalous tho

Also he could've just traded down to take McT around 6th and at worst they'd end up with a similar prospect... it's like the Barrett Hayton pick 🙃

Inexcusable
Aug. 6, 2021 at 4:08 a.m.
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Jah1722
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Murray and Eakins need to go. Eakins destroyed Larsson’s development. Before he got there Larsson was a quality NHL defenseman. They also botched the Henrique thing. No one was trading for him at the TDL btw. Trading Manson and Rakell at the TDL is easy to do from afar. Both were hurt at or around the deadline. And giving them away for cheap doesn’t benefit a rebuild and losing Fleury wasn’t the worst thing being that it was him or Jones/Steel who are both 2 years younger. Trading Gibson doesn’t make a ton of sense. He’s locked up long term and the haul would have to be big to make it worthwhile. Hate to break it to you but Shattenkirk was pretty close to what was expected outta him. Obviously more points would have made it look better but no one on the team scored. As for McTavish, sure Eklund would have been nice but you build teams down the middle and in the back end and some had him rated higher than Berniers. And finally the Theodore thing is bad in hindsight but at the time made complete sense. Montour was better than him that season, the ducks cut cap, and they saved Vatanen/Manson.

There’s plenty to point at when it comes to Murray’s flaws but some of your points aren’t it. The biggest flaw is he coaching choices then his love for re-signing his players to iffy contracts with clauses.
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Aug. 6, 2021 at 4:08 a.m.
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Radu47
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Absolutely yeah 100%

It's hilarious how a GM lucks into a successful era and then it takes like a decade of him making "reaching into a fire and continually being burned but not figuring out why" type mistakes before people even begin to criticize him and by hilarious I mean 😖

Chiarelli, Bowman, Holland*, Murray, etc.

*at least Holland did support the pattern of drafting underrated euro prospects in later rounds which naturally was excellent but still very lucky

A handful of NHL gms will always get lucky and end up with dynasties, law of averages, it's up to us to discern who actually deserves merit at the end of the day
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