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But he is a goalie and can only impact the game from his net. He can’t score goals or set up chances for his teammates. For all the individual success Carey Price has had in his Will the Ducks need a superstar to implement a Ryan Getzlaf succession NHL career, the Montreal star has been to only two conference finals plan? over his 13 seasons. In 2010, it was Jaroslav Halak who had the net. In 2014, Price suffered an injury in Game 2 against the New York Rangers and missed the rest of the series. The fact is, the Canadiens have had few great players around him. By Eric Stephens Sep 8, 2020 It leads to these questions as they look to start another arc of success. Do the Ducks need a certified franchise player to win again? Or can they Somewhere over his 16th season with the only NHL franchise he has win without a no-doubt-about-it star? played for, Ryan Getzlaf will become the first player to have scored 1,000 “I would say it always helps to have a superstar. Right?” said TSN points for the Ducks. And he has given them much more over that hockey analyst Craig Button, a former NHL GM who’s been part of front previous decade and a half. offices in Minnesota, Dallas and Calgary. “Nobody’s going to say, ‘Hey, I A long run as an effective captain and leader. The most games played in don’t want a superstar.’ I think there’s always something there with that. both the regular season and the playoffs. The acceptance of becoming But when we go back and think back to the Ducks when they won their the face of the franchise and the maturation into representing it on the ice Cup, they signed Scott Niedermayer as a free agent. They ended up and off. The respect he has earned from players and coaches around the trading for Chris Pronger. They have these stars. league. The desire and devotion to lead the Ducks through the lean times “But you look at their forward group. Ryan was just a young player. Corey as well as the high points. (Perry) was a young player. Sammy Pahlsson. Andy McDonald. (Jean- In short, the 35-year-old Getzlaf has been for Anaheim what a franchise Sebastien) Giguere ended up becoming a face based on 2003 and player should be. Someone that won a Stanley Cup as an emerging winning a Conn Smythe Trophy when the Ducks lost in the finals. What I young force and then was at the front of the most successful regular would say is given a choice of having a superstar or not having a seasons in the club’s 27-year history. But did the Ducks know they would superstar, you want a superstar. But if you don’t have one, it shouldn’t get that when they drafted him? preclude you from being able to go out and win.” Unless you’re a Sidney Crosby, an Alex Ovechkin or a Connor McDavid Button then cited a team that Ducks GM Bob Murray and head coach — universally seen as a generational talent capable of doing the heavy Dallas Eakins brought up with admiration in interviews during the season. lifting for an entire franchise — the answer to identifying that type of “The Boston Bruins are a really, really good team,” Button said. “Let’s just player when he’s an 18-year-old isn’t easy to find and can be elusive.