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SPORT-SCAN DAILY BRIEF NHL 09/04/19 Anaheim Ducks Detroit Red Wings 1151617 Ducks by position: Previewing Anaheim’s 2019-20 1151638 Opponents hated Niklas Kronwall, but here's why his right-side defensemen teammates loved him 1151639 How will Niklas Kronwall's retirement affect Detroit Red Arizona Coyotes Wings? 1151618 For Arizona Coyotes, expectations high with new owner 1151640 Niklas Kronwall retires after 15 seasons with Detroit Red Alex Meruelo, Phil Kessel Wings 1151619 Expectations, new circumstances greet Phil Kessel with 1151641 'Journey ends here': Niklas Kronwall retires after 15 Arizona Coyotes seasons with Red Wings 1151620 Tocchet: Kessel can cement his legacy with success in 1151642 A young Niklas Kronwall worked through injuries, lockout Arizona with Griffins 1151643 Red Wings’ Steve Yzerman: Niklas Kronwall special Boston Bruins player and person 1151621 Bruins’ prospects ready to shuffle off to Buffalo 1151644 Red Wings’ Niklas Kronwall announces retirement 1151622 Bruins release Prospects Challenge roster 1151645 Ryan Kuffner faces much competition in battle for Red 1151623 Bruins' Torey Krug trolls Brad Marchand in hilarious Wings’ job Twitter video 1151646 Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall retires after 15 1151624 Bruins' rookie roster includes Anders Bjork, Urho seasons Vaakanainen, Jack Studnicka 1151647 Bultman: Niklas Kronwall went out looking like himself, 1151625 Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron on NHL's best-selling and that’s a beautiful thing jerseys list 1151648 Glass half-empty and half-full outlooks for this year’s Red 1151626 Could injuries be the Bruins' saving salary cap grace this Wings fall? Los Angeles Kings Buffalo Sabres 1151649 2019 NHL farm system rankings: No. 4 Los Angeles Kings 1151627 7 players to watch during Sabres' Prospects Challenge 1151650 BLAKE ON CLAGUE, DEFENSIVE ROTATION, MORE FROM SOTF; BOUMA TO CAMP ON PTO Calgary Flames 1151651 BRIEF VILARDI/KEMPE/FORBORT/LADUE/SOTF 1151628 Peters said job on defence was Valimaki's 'to lose' before UPDATES; LOTS MORE TO COME ACL injury 1151629 Peters ready for 2019-20 Flames training camp, with or Minnesota Wild without Tkachuk, Mangiapane 1151652 Wild re-signs D Louie Belpedio Carolina Hurricanes Montreal Canadiens 1151630 With Justin Williams gone, who wears the ‘C’ for the 1151653 What the Puck: Canadiens need to rewrite their Canes? Groundhog Day script 1151631 Forecasting the Hurricanes’ 2019-20 lineup without Justin 1151654 Can rookies Ryan Poehling and Nick Suzuki crack the Williams Canadiens' lineup? 1151655 Dumont: An in-depth look at Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s Chicago Blackhawks excellent rookie season 1151632 Blackhawks stars Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews finish Top-10 in best-selling NHL jerseys from 2018-19 season New Jersey Devils 1151656 Why Devils’ Martin Brodeur couldn’t believe Nikita Gusev Colorado Avalanche wasn’t in NHL prior to 2019-20 1151633 Your summer may have been good. It’s just that J.T. 1151657 State of the franchise: Jack Hughes expands what’s Compher’s was probably better possible for the Devils at center 1151634 Avalanche player (p)review: Gabriel Landeskog New York Islanders Columbus Blue Jackets 1151658 Mayor: Floral Park wants meeting with Gov. Cuomo over 1151635 Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre joins Columbus Blue Jackets Belmont plan concerns broadcast team 1151659 Islanders' Semyon Varlamov embraces pressure of 1151636 Former Blue Jacket Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre named Studio replacing Robin Lehner Analyst for club’s televised games on FOX Sports Ohio 1151637 ‘Pissed off’ John Tortorella weighs in on departed players, NHL his goaltenders, Alexander Wennberg, a new style o 1151660 NHL Seattle hires Ricky Olczyk as assistant general manager 1151661 Seattle NHL team hires Ricky Olczyk as assistant GM Ottawa Senators Winnipeg Jets 1151662 Salvian: My journey to being your new Ottawa Senators 1151678 Illness forces Hawerchuk to sidelines beat writer 1151679 Pionk ready to seize opportunity within Jets' defensive core Philadelphia Flyers 1151680 Winnipeg, join me in taking Jets coverage to the next level 1151663 Flyers’ Carter Hart more comfortable as he prepares for this season potential breakthrough season 1151664 2019 Flyers rookie training camp roster, schedule and links SPORT-SCAN, INC. 941-284-4129 1151665 Carter Hart ready for sophomore season after crazy first year with Flyers 1151666 Matt Niskanen's new challenge: leading a Flyers team he's unfamiliar with Pittsburgh Penguins 1151667 Penguins 2019-20 camp preview: Can Evgeni Malkin bounce back? San Jose Sharks 1151668 Evander Kane says hockey “far behind” other sports on awareness of racism 1151669 Tomas Hertl, Logan Couture snubbed from 'NHL 20' top 50 overall list St Louis Blues 1151670 Blues announce details for first two days of practice at new facility Toronto Maple Leafs 1151671 Tyson Barrie eases into life as a Leaf — any contract talks can wait 1151672 Maple Leafs newcomer Barrie must play big 1151673 TRAIKOS: Leafs' Rielly shows off hops with dunk seen around hockey world 1151674 ‘SO FAR SO GOOD’: Maple Leafs’ new defencemen finally meet and greet Vancouver Canucks 1151681 Rehabbing Juolevi 'won't be thrown into fire' at prospects camp 1151682 Why I’m coming home, carrying the torch and covering the Canucks for The Athletic Vancouver 1151683 2019-20 NHL Season Preview: Vancouver Canucks Washington Capitals 1151675 Ovechkin unhappy with his No. 4 ranking in NHL 20: 'Next time I will be better' 1151676 If the Capitals make a trade to get under the cap, who will go? 1151677 Coming off a career year, Capitals winger Jakub Vrana hopes he’s just getting started Websites 1151684 The Athletic / Why term appears to be the major stumbling block in many of the current RFA standoffs 1151685 The Athletic / NHL/NHLPA Rookie Orientation Program is an introduction to the pitfalls of being a professional 1151686 The Athletic / Down Goes Brown: Ten intriguing CBA ideas the NHL could borrow from other sports (but probably 1151687 Sportsnet.ca / Maple Leafs' Kyle Dubas on Marner talks: 'I'm very optimistic' 1151688 TSN.CA / Rielly: ‘We want Mitch here’ 1151689 TSN.CA / Kyle Dubas: Toronto Maple Leafs hopeful, continuing dialogue with Mitch Marner camp 1151690 TSN.CA / Pressure building in Winnipeg after quiet summer 1151691 YAHOO SPORTS / John Tortorella 'really pissed' with the free agents that left Blue Jackets this summer 1151692 YAHOO SPORTS / Tomas Hertl, Logan Couture snubbed from 'NHL 20' top 50 overall list 1151617 Anaheim Ducks What is realistic: A lot of bounces went his way during his career season. Expecting 30 assists when his next best high-water mark is 13 is unrealistic. But he is going to play a lot and doesn’t miss many games. Ducks by position: Previewing Anaheim’s 2019-20 right-side defensemen Five goals and 20 assists are very realistic. Whatever you think of plus- minus, it means something to him and you can count on him returning to the positive side of the ledger. By Eric Stephens Sep 3, 2019 Cam Fowler Age: 27 If you wondered where your Ducks positional preview series went after NHL season: 10th we covered the defensemen manning the left side of the ice, don’t you worry or fret. It just went on a small hiatus. What he can do: Skate with authority and quickly get the Ducks from defense to offense. Fowler has dealt with multiple knee issues over the The new season is coming … in 30 more days. But the kind of NHL years, but still retains tremendous skating, which makes him one of the hockey you love is arriving in much shorter order. Great Park Ice in Irvine most mobile defensemen in the NHL. He has long held the ability to play will be buzzing with activity like never before as the Ducks prepare to a boatload of minutes and can be effective in all situations. host the six-team Rookie Faceoff beginning Saturday and ending Tuesday. They will welcome the Kings, Vegas, San Jose, Arizona and Moving the puck with authority and accuracy has always been one of his Colorado in a prospect tournament that began with great success last fall strengths. Not only can he get the puck up the ice quickly to his forwards in suburban Las Vegas. but he can put it on the tape of his teammates in stride for the creation of scoring opportunities. He also has the touch to calmly make a short chip To get you ready for that, we’ll put the finishing touches on a series that deep in his own zone, as a forechecker bears down on him. began with analyzing the centers, left wings and right wings for Anaheim before turning to the defense. This piece scrutinizes those who figure to What he can’t do: Stay healthy. Just once has he gone through a season handle the right side of the Ducks’ blue line. without missing a game. And he has come close to playing 82 games only twice over the past six seasons. Late-season injuries have forced As we have done previously, this exercise is about looking at what each him to miss two postseason series during his long tenure with Anaheim. player is able to do this season, what they need to avoid doing, what we Multiple facial fractures after getting hit by a deflected puck sidelined him should hope is possible and what we should anticipate that is more for six weeks in 2018-19. realistic. The goalies will soon have their day in the sun for the series finale. Fowler isn’t known for having a hard edge to his game. He can be physical but most often relies on his stick to defend in front of the net. On Josh Manson good nights, he can break up potential scoring plays by intercepting the puck or tying up an opponent’s stick.