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[Dark Knight]

Sportsnet has learned Bret Hedican has signed a one-year, $870,000 deal with the Anaheim Ducks.

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[TroyLoney]

Bring on the Cup!

I hope Bret Hedican turns out to be better than most of us think/know he is.

[Cassie8236]

I second that.

[hiuDUCKSfan]

Fantastic! We needed another old defensemen that ties up almost a million dollars! We have no one in the minors who can do what this guys is going to do?

[Dark Knight]

Fantastic! We needed another old defensemen that ties up almost a million dollars! We have no one in the minors who can do what this guys is going to do?

Apparently not (so much for player development)...

Bring on the Cup!

I hope Bret Hedican turns out to be better than most of us think/know he is.

Why do I have a feeling that this is the second coming of Doug Weight? Oh and

[TroyLoney]

Last time the Ducks plucked an ancient defenseman out of retirement it was to mentor the kids in Portland. I had no problem with them signing Eric Weinrich but I do not like this signing at all.

[Dark Knight]

Hedican arrived in Ottawa on Thursday afternoon and could make his Ducks debut Friday night against the Senators at Scotiabank Place, although Saturday’s road date against the Montreal Canadiens is probably more likely.

“I’m very excited about this situation,” Hedican said. “I’m really excited about this hockey team. Obviously, everybody talks about their slow start, but I just see all the potential on this team. The great thing about it is they’ve won. A lot of these guys have won the Stanley Cup. When it comes down to crunch time, they’re going to know how to do it.”
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“I had him (Hedican) before,” said Ducks general manager Brian Burke, who held the same position with the Vancouver Canucks when Hedican played there in 1998-99. “He has great mobility, even though he’s an older player now. He’s a good puck-moving, good-skating defenseman. We need that right now. We’re getting hemmed in our own end a little more than we should.”

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[QuacksMeUp]

My Rant

[Dark Knight]

With Klee still in the books are we now over the cap?

[TroyLoney]

Ah...that explains it. It's a guy that played for Brian Burke in the past. Now it all makes sense. Burke remembers what the guy was like 10 years ago and thinks that he will be able to help a team that is already too old, too slow and too offensively challenged.

[mrmathews]

What a joke. Festerling had a great camp and preseason. Gotta love signing and old injury prone vet for 870k.

[hiuDUCKSfan]

Ah...that explains it. It's a guy that played for Brian Burke in the past. Now it all makes sense.

Those are the best kind. He was a god skating defensemen 10 years ago and so he must be that good now. And while we are at it, let's pay him more than he is worth.

[Dark Knight]

Ah...that explains it. It's a guy that played for Brian Burke in the past. Now it all makes sense.

Has Trevor Linden officially retired yet ?

[QuacksMeUp]

AND -- we have Scotty and Prongs. Isn't that enough old age and veteran leadership for any team? Of course, neither one of them was a former Canuck.....

[Cassie8236]

Ah...that explains it. It's a guy that played for Brian Burke in the past. Now it all makes sense.

It does...and you know what it shouldn't. Just because some one played good for you in the past doesn't mean that they are what the team needs now.

[TroyLoney]

It does...and you know what it shouldn't. Just because some one played good for you in the past doesn't mean that they are what the team needs now.

Did you learn nothing when Todd Bertuzzi played for the Ducks? Oh...sorry, that was supposed to be directed to Brian Burke.

Has Trevor Linden officially retired yet ?

HA! No feces. Let's hope we don't end up with Mark Messier, either.

Has a Ducks signing ever been this universally unpopular? At least some people thought Todd Bertuzzi was a good signing - does anyone honestly think that Bret Hedican at $870,000 (moving us that much farther away from being able to call up Bobby Ryan) is a good move for the Ducks?

[hiuDUCKSfan]

Shall we set an over/under on how many games before he is a healthy scratch and we are trying to get rid of him?

[QuacksMeUp]

It does...and you know what it shouldn't. Just because some one played good for you in the past doesn't mean that they are what the team needs now.

But Burke has been doing this all along. I've been uneasy about it since Bert. Now I am just disgusted. I've said all along if Burke could get the Sedins and Luongo tomorrow for Perry, Getzy and Giguere he would pull the trigger in a NY minute.

[TroyLoney]

But Burke has been doing this all along. I've been uneasy about it since Bert. Now I am just disgusted. I've said all along if Burke could get the Sedins and Luongo tomorrow for Perry, Getzy and Giguere he would pull the trigger in a NY minute.

Luongo? He never played for Burke so he'd have no interest in him. Kevin Weekes, on the other hand...

Shall we set an over/under on how many games before he is a healthy scratch and we are trying to get rid of him?

I'll put it at 10. I'll also guess that he gets injured and has to miss some time within 15 games.

[QuacksMeUp]

Luongo? He never played for Burke so he'd have no interest in him. Kevin Weekes, on the other hand...

No, Burke wants Luongo bad. I am convinced he was trying to get him and was raising a stink and that's why he was fired from Vancouver. But that's just my opinion.

[hiuDUCKSfan]

I'll put it at 10. I'll also guess that he gets injured and has to miss some time within 15 games.

Oh good point. I should have added another clause for injury.

[JUStheDUCKS]

stupid signing
why did we sign McIver?
Why did we get Klee?
Another move by Burke

im starting to think Burke doesn't want Ryan up in the NHL!
the only thing this would bring is a big trade going down asap

[Dark Knight]

Has a Ducks signing ever been this universally unpopular?

Beauchemin was not a popular but he had a strong effort and quickly became a favorite.

Let's hope he isn't on the trading block after this signing... I'm guessing Hedican will pair up with Pronger and Montador/McIver will see the revolving door.

[MrsBevo]

I am going to surmise that this is an attempt to find a good partner for Pronger. Pronger worked very well with OD and he hasn't exactly clicked with any of the other d-men they've put him with.

Beyond that, this one just boggles my mind and makes zero logical sense at all. Then again, I was never a koolaid drinker for the Burke school of management.

[hiuDUCKSfan]

Brady's excited about the signing. I guess we'll have to wait and see what we get from him.