Ducks Trade Rumors

Ducks trade Sean O'Donnell to Kings
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October 4
Los Angeles Times
 
"In a deal that solves most of the Ducks' salary cap woes and gives the Kings the veteran they sought to anchor their young defense, the Ducks traded Sean O'Donnell to the Kings on Tuesday for a conditional 2009 draft pick. O'Donnell, 36, won't have to move far. While playing for the Ducks the last 2 1/2 seasons, he commuted to Anaheim from the South Bay home he bought during his first tour of duty with the Kings, from 1994-95 through 1999-2000. The pick is a third-round selection that will be transferred only if the Kings trade O'Donnell elsewhere later this season. If the Kings keep him, the Ducks would not get the pick. O'Donnell, who will earn $1.25 million this season, was not at ..."
NHL to keep eye on Ducks-Leafs moves
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October 2
Globe and Mail
 
"The NHL will keep an eye on potential player transactions between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Anaheim Ducks this season because of the possibility of Ducks general manager Brian Burke becoming the Leafs' next GM. But the league hasn't issued an edict that a trade can't occur between the clubs. In fact, current Leafs GM Cliff Fletcher confirmed that he had interest in Anaheim's 21-year-old rookie, Bobby Ryan. "I haven't talked with Burkie, but I have talked with [senior vice-president of hockey operations] Bob Murray," Fletcher said. "We knew they were looking to dump either [Ryan or Mathieu Schneider] because they were over the salary cap.""
Leafs Made Pitch To Acquire Ryan, Schneider From Ducks
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September 30
TSN.ca
 
"Sources tell TSN the Toronto Maple Leafs made a strong pitch to acquire 21-year-old forward Bobby Ryan and 39-year-old defenceman Mathieu Schneider from the Anaheim Ducks. The Leafs offered a conditional first round draft pick in 2009 along with two prospects. To stay in the hunt for John Tavares, Victor Hedman or one of the projected top 5 players in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Toronto attached a condition that would guarantee the pick the Ducks received couldn't be higher than 6th. Had the Ducks agreed to the trade, the protector on Toronto's 2009 draft pick would have pushed the pick to 2010. According to a secondary source, Bobby Ryan is a young player the Toronto Maple Leafs are very ..."
Atlanta burning for Schneider?
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September 25
Ottawa Sun
 
"Ducks defenceman Mathieu Schneider could finally be on the move. League sources say several teams are trying to coax cash-strapped Anaheim GM Brian Burke into making a trade. While Los Angeles and Vancouver have been said to been potential landing spots for the 16-year NHL veteran, league sources say New Jersey, Atlanta and St. Louis are in the thick of things, too. Of the three new players in the Schneider sweepstakes, only Atlanta has the cap room to add him without making other roster moves. "(GM) Don Waddell needs to do something in Atlanta," a league executive said yesterday. "The Thrashers aren't a very good team and a guy like Schneider (could) help that defence." Already over the ..."
Mathieu Schneider is ready for Ducks camp if trade isn't imminent
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September 23
Los Angeles Times
 
"Defenseman Mathieu Schneider is prepared to report to the Ducks' training camp by Thursday if the club isn't close to trading him before then, Schneider's agent, Pat Morris, said Monday. Schneider was given written permission to stay home while General Manager Brian Burke tried to deal him. The Ducks are about $3 million over the salary cap and can't sign winger Teemu Selanne until they get under the limit, a feat they're trying to achieve by trading Schneider's $5.75-million salary. The size of Schneider's contract has complicated the negotiations. Burke said last week he had discussed multi-player deals and smaller packages but hadn't found a partner. He said Monday that asking Schneider ..."
Teemu Selanne is a hot topic for Ducks
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September 19
Los Angeles Times
 
"When the Ducks officially open training camp Saturday at Anaheim Ice, topics of conversation among the players should be considerably different than a year ago. No comparing stories on their visit with the Stanley Cup over the summer, no bragging of their dominance over the Detroit Red Wings and no estimating when, or if, Scott Niedermayer will rejoin the team This year, conversation is more likely to be along these lines: "Boy, was that a long summer." "Those Red Wings sure know how to play together." "Is Selanne going to be back?" That last question is a key issue for the Ducks, who won the Cup in 2007 but were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs last spring. They need Teemu ..."
Ducks' Schneider clears waivers, so Selanne is on hold
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September 18
Orange County Register
 
"The Ducks are likely to open training camp this weekend with veteran defenseman Mathieu Schneider in attendance and unrestricted free-agent right wing Teemu Selanne absent, general manager Brian Burke said Wednesday. The club, which is $3.05 million above the NHL's $56.7 million salary cap, plans to continue to try to trade Schneider after he cleared waivers Wednesday. The chance, however, of any such deal being completed before Friday, when players are scheduled to report to camp, is "extremely remote," Burke said. Schneider, 39, is signed through this season, with a salary-cap hit of $5.625 million. Subtracting that figure would likely clear enough space to re-sign Selanne, but the Ducks ..."
Selanne, Sundin and Schneider's status linked
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September 9
Toronto Sun
 columnist Mike Zeisberger
"While Mats Sundin continues to sit on the fence concerning his future, Teemu Selanne has hinted strongly that he is poised to return to the National Hockey League. Selanne, 38, has been participating in informal on-ice workouts with a handful of Anaheim Ducks in southern California. Doesn't sound like the type of activity reserved for someone intent on retiring, does it? Selanne, who has not officially announced his decision to date, did go as far as to tell reporters last week he would like to start training camp. With his Ducks already more than $2 million US over the salary cap, general manager Brian Burke must find a way to shave payroll in order to fit Selanne in. The most ..."
Burke a better bet to join Leafs than Sundin
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September 9
Toronto Star
 columnist Damien Cox
"The two lingering questions for the Maple Leafs – the future of Mats Sundin and the potential acquisition of Anaheim executive Brian Burke – remain unresolved. Sundin can't or won't say yet what he wants to do. He seems inclined to retire, but rather than create a Brett Favre-like soap opera, prefers to wait until he's certain hockey is a part of his past. Burke, by contrast, still definitely wants to live and work in Toronto, largely for family reasons, but the Ducks remain unwilling to release him from the final year of his contract. They've offered him a generous extension, but not only will he not sign it, he won't use it as a basis for negotiations."
Ducks' Schneider would look good as a King
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September 7
Orange County Register
 columnist Randy Youngman
"The New York Post reported last week the Ducks might be interested in veteran free agent winger Brendan Shanahan, 39, but the Ducks don't even have the salary cap room yet to bring back Teemu Selanne, their own veteran free agent winger. Ducks GM Brian Burke says there's no truth to that report. And Shanahan is expected to return for his third season with the New York Rangers. It's no secret Burke has been shopping veteran defenseman Mathieu Schneider ($5.6 million salary) so the team can re-sign Selanne, a future Hall of Famer, before training camp opens in mid-September. I have a solution. The Kings, who are well under the salary-cap floor of $40.7 million for 2008-09, should acquire ..."
Rangers' Shanahan Looks At Other Teams
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August 31
New York Post
 
"Brendan Shanahan, his wife and their three young children are moving back to their midtown Manhattan apartment this week from their summer home in Cape Cod. School, after all, begins on Thursday. But as much as Shanahan - not just unsigned, but as yet even offered a contract by GM Glen Sather with training camp scheduled to open on Sept. 16 - wants to return for a third season with the Rangers, the free agent winger is prepared to investigate other opportunities. Even if that means moving across the country. "That would obviously be a family conversation," Shanahan, whose twins, Maggie and Jack, are almost six and whose daughter, Catherine, is almost four, told The Post. "But it's not like ..."
Sens Closer To Cap
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July 9
Ottawa Sun
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"Murray is confident Meszaros will be signed, will play next season and will be able to learn from Smith much the same way that Zdeno Chara helped him in his rookie season. With the salary cap at $56.7 million for 2008-09, Smith's signing has the Senators committed to close to $46.9 million in salaries for next season... While Murray said Meszaros will get a chance to play more of an offensive role, the search for the elusive puck-moving defenceman continues. Ottawa is believed to have an offer on the table for Ducks blueliner Mathieu Schneider, but the $5.75 million he's scheduled to earn next season would be difficult for the Senators to fit in under the salary cap."
Former ironman now a Duck
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July 8
Vancouver Province
 
"Brendan Morrison will end his 586-game association with the Vancouver Canucks today by confirming a one-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks, The Province has learned. Nine teams were in the running for the Pitt Meadows native, who said no thanks to offers from Columbus and Minnesota on July 2 and also had interest from Los Angeles. Anaheim was always a strong possibility because of the club's offensive shortcomings and Morrison's relationship with its management team."
Morrison abandons ship to sign with Burke's Ducks
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July 8
Vancouver Sun
 
"Brendan Morrison has decided to cast his lot with old friend Brian Burke and the Anaheim Ducks. The nifty little centre should be introduced today as a new Duck, thus ending his seven-plus seasons in Vancouver. The contract is for one year and is believed to be worth about $2.75 million. Morrison was offered a one-year deal for $1.9 million by Canuck general manager Mike Gillis. He made $3.2 million in each of the last three seasons."
Sens rising to defence
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July 5
Ottawa Sun
 
"The Senators appear close to acquiring a defenceman. Two league executives told Sun Media yesterday that Senators GM Bryan Murray could have a trade for a blueliner worked out in the next couple of days. The whisper among NHL executives is Murray was busy working the phones yesterday with offers on the table for Sharks defenceman Kyle McLaren and Ducks blueliner Mathieu Schneider."
Help on defence hard to find
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July 3
Ottawa Citizen
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"As well, Murray acknowledged yesterday he had talked to both the Lightning about Boyle and to Anaheim about defenceman Mathieu Schneider, who is said to be on the trading block because the Ducks need to find salary room under their cap."
Don't expect Islanders to land big free agent
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July 1
Newsday
 
"If the Isles target a veteran, it's more likely to be at center, where they can use an experienced playmaker for young wingers Kyle Okposo, Blake Comeau and Jeff Tambellini. Anaheim's Doug Weight, who played with Isles captain Bill Guerin in Edmonton, would make sense, and Vancouver's Brendan Morrison also might fit the bill. Some Islanders fans might hope Snow goes after a restricted free agent with an offer sheet, but the cost in draft picks would run counter to his building plans."
Wings Show Interest in Sundin and Bertuzzi
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July 1
Detroit Free Press
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"When free agency begins Tuesday, one of Holland's first moves will be to inquire after Mats Sundin. There is also some interest in Todd Bertuzzi, but the Wings don't want him at much more than about $1.5 million."
Perry On The Verge Of Re-Signing With The Ducks
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July 1
TSN.ca
 
"Sources tell TSN that the Anaheim Ducks are close to signing forward Corey Perry to a multi-year contract similar to the one that Ryan Getzlaf signed