Confirmed with Link: Ducks sign Shane O'Brien to one year contract

[91Fedorov]

So do we all agree that Holzer is ahead of him on the NHL depth chart?

 

[Day of the Duck]

So do we all agree that Holzer is ahead of him on the NHL depth chart?

I think so.

 

[Terry Yake]

uhhhh welcome back?

9 years later?

 

[Papaspud]

for all the hate he's getting here, he didn't put up bad numbers during his last tour in the AHL, and he is still very close friends with quite a few players on the big club. Might be just the piece needed to play with the Gulls, and be ready and able to step in if any of our D get the mumps or injured next season.

 

[Terry Yake]

hard not to feel bad for him

getting traded the season the ducks won it all

 

[Ducksforcup]

hard not to feel bad for him

getting traded the season the ducks won it all

Still can't believe that trade went down.

Even at the time, a first round pick for him seemed like a pretty steep price.

 

[Terry Yake]

Still can't believe that trade went down.

Even at the time, a first round pick for him seemed like a pretty steep price.

yeah i still remember that trade. if i remember correctly it was o'brien and a 3rd rounder to tampa for gerald coleman and a 1st round pick. pretty sure the ducks ended up trading that pick to minnesota who drafted colton gillies with it

looking at it now, totally lopsided trade in favor of the ducks. too bad we ended up with mcmillan when pacioretty went to the habs a few picks later

 

[Paul4587]

IIRC the purpose of acquiring the pick at the time was to trade for a rental but Burke couldn't close the deal on anything. There was an interesting trade deadline blog from Burke floating around from that year.

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

IIRC the purpose of acquiring the pick at the time was to trade for a rental but Burke couldn't close the deal on anything. There was an interesting trade deadline blog from Burke floating around from that year.

I couldn't find you a link, but there's a very strong rumor that he had a deal for Jason Blake, but the fax didn't get in on time, or something of that nature. Thank god it didn't.

 

[snarktacular]

yeah i still remember that trade. if i remember correctly it was o'brien and a 3rd rounder to tampa for gerald coleman and a 1st round pick. pretty sure the ducks ended up trading that pick to minnesota who drafted colton gillies with it

looking at it now, totally lopsided trade in favor of the ducks. too bad we ended up with mcmillan when pacioretty went to the habs a few picks later

Yeah he wasn't getting a first by himself. The 2nd going the other way made his value roughly a 2nd.

 

[Paul4587]

I couldn't find you a link, but there's a very strong rumor that he had a deal for Jason Blake, but the fax didn't get in on time, or something of that nature. Thank god it didn't.

Yeah I remember that rumor from the deadline. I wonder if it would have made any difference to whether we won the cup or not. Either way it was a deal we didn't need to make in hindsight.

 

[Duck Off]

Ew. He's been rumored to be a bad influence, so unless he's grown up, I don't even really like it for San Diego a whole lot. They should be pretty good, though. That could be a real good blueline.

This was my first thought as well.

 

[Ducksforcup]

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/ducks/2007-03-01-burke-diary_x.htm

Worth a read. That was a fun time with Burke at the helm...

 

[TheJoeMan]

So do we all agree that Holzer is ahead of him on the NHL depth chart?

Of course. OB might even be behind Manson honestly.

 

[Ducksforcup]

Of course. OB might even be behind Manson honestly.

Ya I'd be surprised if O'Brien played more than 3-4 games with Anaheim...having said that he is a veteran defenseman, so maybe the Ducks will give him more credence due to that.

Never a bad thing to have depth, especially at defense.

 

[Duck Off]

I don't think he gets any games personally. He's probably 10th on depth chart behind Holzer, Manson, and Theodore.

 

[Getzmonster]

I agree, we're as likely to see Shane O' as we are McGrattan. Outside possibility if we get into the annual man-games-lost contest with Columbus again, but otherwise they are deeeeep on the depth chart.