Sport-scan daily brief

682942 Ducks not looking to move up in NHL draft

682943 Ducks were hatched 20 years ago

682944 NHL: Kings, Ducks still find value in draft

682945 Bruins’ Nathan Horton to test free agency

682946 Seth Jones hopes to make his own history in NHL

682947 Nathan Horton going to free agency

682948 Trade talk active as Bruins prepare for draft

682949 B’s lose Nathan Horton

682950 Stephen Harris’ postseason Bruins report card

682951 Nathan Horton won’t return to Bruins; Tyler Seguin cited in trade chatter

682952 Horton won't be back with Bruins; Trade talk buzzing at draft; Seguin's name coming up

Buffalo Sabres

682953 NHL prospect Bailey has a pro pedigree

682954 Miller, Vanek expected to stay with Sabres through draft

682955 Cup winner Fucale catches Sabres’ eye

682956 Regier expects Miller, Vanek to remain with Sabres through draft weekend

682957 Sabres' Gilbert honored, humbled to join USA Hockey staff for Sochi Olympics

682958 Seth Jones won't be offended if Avalanche draft a forward instead of him at No. 1

682959 A goalie at No. 16? Sabres have some interest in Halifax's Fucale

682960 Road to the NHL Draft: Sean Malone

Calgary Flames

682961 Nieminen — still playing, still laughing

682962 Sportsnet analyst says Calgary Flames could open season in Saskatoon

682963 SIX players the Calgary Flames could pick at No. 6

682964 Time has come for Hurricanes to put plan into action

682965 Canes’ high NHL draft pick: High stakes, big investment

Chicago Blackhawks

682966 Hawks believe deep draft will benefit them

682967 Hawks' Saad lands spot on All-Rookie Team

682968 In concert: the Stanley Cup

682969 Blackhawks: 17 seconds to immortality

682970 NHL draft: Homegrown talents fueled Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup run

682971 Blackhawks fans, Corey Crawford go ‘nuts’ at rally

682972 Blackhawks’ one goal: a city united

682973 Blackhawks go down in history for best reasons

682974 No overhaul this time for Hawks roster

682975 Why hockey’s a big hit in Chicago

682976 It's all happening again on CSN

682977 Quentin Shore hoping for better luck in second shot at NHL draft

682978 Advice for Colorado Avalanche: Keep the top pick in Sunday's NHL draft

682979 For Nathan MacKinnon, hockey success was always in the card

682980 Sakic gets another big shot for Avalanche

682981 St. Patrick is back and ready to win

682982 Michael Arace commentary: Blue Jackets had best act swiftly with Bobrovsky

682983 Blue Jackets notebook: Richards rewarded with one-year contract extension

682984 NHL draft prognosis

682985 Blue Jackets: Even GM unsure how draft might play out

Dallas Stars

682986 Draft Preview: Darnell Nurse

682987 Draft Preview: Sean Monahan

682988 Heika: Stars' pursuit of Vincent Lecavalier shows team is ready to rejoin the big boys

682989 NHL mock draft roundup: Defenseman a popular pick for Stars, but a pair of centers also offer intrigue

682990 Stars have meeting with free agent center Vincent Lecavalier in New York

682991 Dallas Stars meet with free agent Vincent Lecavalier, make interest 'clear'

Detroit Red Wings

682992 Helene St. James: Sizing up the NHL draft with Detroit Red Wings' Joe McDonnell

682993 Detroit Red Wings to meet with Vincent Lecavalier on Sunday, give Jakub Kindl 4-year deal

682994 Red Wings plan to meet with free agent Vince Lecavalier on Sunday

682995 Nathan MacKinnon could go No. 1 to Avalanche; Wings draft 18th

682996 Wings re-sign Jakub Kindl for four years, $9.6 million

682997 Free-agent forward Vincent Lecavalier schedules meeting with Detroit Red Wings

682998 Detroit Red Wings announce forward Drew Miller has signed three-year contract extension

682999 Teams appear to have more trade options this year; Detroit Red Wings 'motivated' to make a move

683000 Red Wings are going to pick best available player

683001 Darnell Nurse not short of suitors ahead of NHL draft

683002 Could the Edmonton Oilers move both of their second round picks in trade for players at the 2013 NHL Draft?

683003 NHL draft prospect Darnell Nurse not afraid to fight, but willing to be a role model, too

683004 Edmonton Oilers - drafting their way through misery, and out?

683005 Edmonton Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins doesn't handicap the field … Seth Jones still excited … Sean Monohan

683006 Florida Panthers expect game-changing talent with No. 2 pick in NHL Draft

683007 Florida Panthers interested in ex-Lightning star Vinny Lecavalier

683008 David J. Neal: It’s simple – Florida Panthers should draft Seth Jones

683009 DRAFT DAY DECISIONS FOR PANTHERS: Florida Holds Second Pick on Sunday

683010 PANTHERS DRAFT NOTEBOOK: Huberdeau All-Rookie; Weiss Talks Continue; Jovo Feeling Good

683011 LECAVALIER A PANTHER? Florida Wants to Look Into Adding Former Lightning Captain

Los Angeles Kings

683012 NHL: Kings, Ducks still find value in draft

683013 Draft history under Lombardi, rounds 4-7

683014 Not that it’s a surprise, but…

683015 Wild's GM in a dealing mood for draft day

683016 Wild's Parise, Suter earn high praise from U.S. Olympic GM

683017 Chart: Wild GM Chuck Fletcher and draft-day moves

683018 Jonas Brodin makes All-Rookie Team; More on Cal Clutterbuck's future

683019 Team USA hockey: Olympic head coach, management announced

683020 Minnesota Wild eyeing a deep draft and looking for more picks

Montreal Canadiens

683021 Habs GM Bergevin stays mum on plans to pursue Lecavalier

683022 Habs GM focused but not on Lecavalier

683023 Goalie sent message to team at U-18 tourney

683024 Habs’ first draft pick will be up in air

Nashville Predators

683025 Nashville Predators GM David Poile says Olympic job won't overtax him

683026 Nashville Predators try to pick their next star

New Jersey Devils

683027 For the No. 1 Pick, the Avalanche May Set Aside Sentiment

683028 Hockey: NJ hopefuls in line to be selected at 2013 NHL Draft

683029 Politi: Seth Jones, top NHL Draft prospect, is an inspiration to Newark's young hockey players

683030 Devils owner Jeff Vanderbeek may sell team

683031 Devils have qualified Adam Henrique, Harri Pesonen among restricted free agents

683032 Report: NJ Devils may be sold to attorney Andrew Barroway

683033 Devils goalie Martin Brodeur will be on EA Sports NHL 14 cover

683034 NHL Draft 2013: Lou Lamoriello cares about the pick, not the place

683035 NHL Draft: Ranking the Top 10 prospects

683036 Picking in top 10 rare for Devils, but they are ready to get help

New York Islanders

683037 Floor’s the limit for thrifty Isles

683038 Islanders in rare air: Middle of first round at NHL draft

New York Rangers

683039 Rangers Have Needs but Not High Picks

683040 Draft-day transaction unlikely for Rangers

683041 Northjersey.com : Sports

683042 Devoid of top two picks, Rangers seek falling star in draft

683043 Cap crunch has Rangers looking deep into draft

683044 Bylsma Takes Dream Job as U.S. Men’s Hockey Coach

683045 Seth Jones and Nathan MacKinnon vie for first overall pick in NHL Draft

683046 Deep NHL draft draws comparisons to stellar 2003 haul

683047 Now and then: A closer look at the 2003 NHL draft

Ottawa Senators

683048 Senators players to Murray: Feel free to go on a shopping spree

683049 Pittsburgh Penguins hope to find a way to hold on to Kris Letang

683050 Ottawa Senators GM Bryan Murray continues to try to move up from No. 17 at NHL entry draft in New Jersey

683051 Ottawa Senators goaltender Craig Anderson will get consideration to be Team USA netminder at Olympics

Philadelphia Flyers

683052 Flyers looking to draft big-shooting defenseman

683053 Inside the Flyers: Long-term deal with Giroux should make Flyers wary

683054 Source: Flyers eye Lecavalier

683055 Our mock NHL draft: Flyers select Ristolainen

683056 Lessons to be learned from Bryzgalov mistake

683057 Flyers draft: Will Flyers sit at No. 11, or move up?

683058 Flyers top picks last 10 years

683059 NHL Draft: Flyers' Paul Holmgren and Co. already negotiating

683060 Here's who might be available to the Flyers if they keep their draft pick

683061 With so much uncertain, might as well mock the draft

683062 Darnell Nurse isn’t picky, just wants to play in NHL

683063 Sources: Finding goalie still Flyers' primary focus

683064 Winning gold at Sochi 'an expectation' for USA

683065 Draft prospect Nurse models game after Pronger

683066 The definitive 2013 NHL mock draft

683067 NHL draft has come a long way

Phoenix Coyotes

683068 Even with a new lease deal, there will be no closure for Phoenix Coyotes fans with this mess

683069 Phoenix Coyotes will target forwards in Sunday’s NHL draft

Pittsburgh Penguins

683070 2 years after being drafted, local hockey players making name for themselves

683071 Penguins’ Shero gives Letang talks one more shot

683072 Penguins notebook: Waiting game will play out early in draft

683073 Team USA setup comforts Penguins coach Bylsma

683074 Potential aplenty in 2013 NHL draft

683075 NHL draft top 10 prospects

683076 Decision on Kris Letang has no deadline

683077 NHL draft: San Jose Sharks hold four picks in the top 58

683078 Blues see prospects in NHL draft

683079 Strauss: Stillman insists club ‘not sitting idle’

683080 Next wave of Blues prospects shows bright promise

683081 Blues know success in the NHL draft combines hard work and a little bit of luck

Tampa Bay Lightning

683082 Top-five draft picks in Lightning history

683083 Impact player on the way for Lightning

683084 Lecavalier meeting with several teams

683085 No bad options in draft for Lightning at No. 3

683086 As rumors swirl ahead of draft Lightning said to have interest in Bruins' Tyler Seguin

683087 NHL draft: Maple Leafs have plenty of possible picks at No. 21

683088 NHL draft: Tyler Seguin, Cory Schneider in trade buzz

683089 NHL draft: ‘It’s all guesswork,’ professor says

683090 n one season.

683091 Leafs have sit-down with Lecavalier

683092 Two weeks to fix a franchise: Toronto Maple Leafs

Vancouver Canucks

683103 Lack of prospects heightens’ Canucks draft needs

683104 Luongo Watch: Canucks considering Schneider trade card

683105 Canucks Draft Day: Trading a goalie overshadows need for left wing depth

683106 Luongo Watch: Canucks reportedly considering playing Schneider trade card

Washington Capitals

683093 Capitals’ practice facility to host 2014 U.S. Olympic men’s team camp

683107 ESPN / Bylsma eager to test international waters

683108 ESPN / As U.S. GM, David Poile in tuneup mode

683109 ESPN / Horton out; B's willing to listen on Seguin

683110 NBCSports.com / NHL to Glendale: July 2 deadline is no bluff

683111 USA TODAY / U.S. hockey team might have different look at Sochi

683112 USA TODAY / Who are the top Americans at the draft?

Winnipeg Jets

683094 Manitoba's big shooter

683095 Jets' Enstrom victimized in robbery, beating

683096 Time for Jets' scouts to relax

683097 Chevy looking to move up

683098 Cheveldayoff focused on priorities as buzz builds at NHL Draft

683099 Jets' Enstrom robbed, assaulted in Sweden

683100 Jets gear up for future

683101 Jets ready to pick up ‘building blocks’ in 2013 NHL Entry Draft

683102 Winnipeg Jets' Toby Enstrom robbed, assaulted

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682942 Anaheim Ducks

Ducks not looking to move up in NHL draft

Anaheim will select 26th in the first round Sunday. The Kings don't have a first-round pick.

By Lisa Dillman

5:13 PM PDT, June 29, 2013

A future most valuable player was sitting there when it came time for the Ducks to make their pick, at No. 28, in the 2003 draft.

Now, in the name of Corey Perry, can lightning strike twice?

In two words: Very doubtful.

"That draft was off the charts," said Ducks General Manager Bob Murray, chuckling.

"It usually takes something early to happen in the draft to make things happen," said Murray, who was a scout with Vancouver in 2003. "For us to get Cam Fowler, it's because [Ryan] Johansen went fourth. Things have to happen to get lucky."

Murray and the Ducks were able to select the young defenseman when Fowler dropped to No. 12 in the 2010 entry draft at Los Angeles, events set in motion when the Columbus Blue Jackets opted to grab Johansen at No. 4.

Barring late movement, the Ducks and the Kings won't be in the limelight at Sunday's entry draft at Newark, N.J. Colorado owns the top pick and Avalanche officials are indicating they will take forward Nathan MacKinnon. Until recently, conventional wisdom had the Avalanche targeting defenseman Seth Jones. Jones, the son of former NBA player Popeye Jones, played junior hockey for the Portland Winter Hawks.

The Ducks have a first-round pick (No. 26 overall) and the Kings do not, a byproduct of last year's Jeff Carter trade. Columbus has three first-round picks, 14th, 19th and 27th. The latter is from the Kings.

The Kings have 10 picks, including three in the fourth round. They don't select until No. 57, in the second round.

"Given our history, it's safe to say we will try to move up," Kings GM Dean Lombardi said of making a deal to get into the first round. "Whether we will or not, you can't assess it until you are at the table. Again, at least going into this draft, we have a lot of chips to play, if we want 'em.

"We'll probably try, but I'm not too optimistic. We'll probably do most of our juggling in the middle rounds."

Murray said the Ducks probably would not try to move up from No. 26.

"We're comfortable where we are at," he said. "The top of the draft is very good. You get to eight or nine and it's very good. …You could do just as well at 36 as you could at 16.

"You never know. We've done OK with the later picks. We can't complain."

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682943 Anaheim Ducks

Ducks were hatched 20 years ago

Team has reached two Stanley Cup Finals, winning one, but at the time, the NHL expansion club owned by Disney seemed mighty strange.

By Lisa Dillman

1:40 PM PDT, June 29, 2013

History was made when Donald Duck, Mickey and Pluto ceded ground to share Disney's corporate landscape with Guy, Paul and a noted brawler with the ominous nickname, the "Grim Reaper."

Twenty years ago, the expansion Mighty Ducks of Anaheim took shape in Quebec City through an expansion draft June 24, a mini-draft the next day and the NHL entry draft June 26.

"It does make me feel a little old. I went from 26 to 46 … how did that happen?" said goaltender Guy Hebert, who became the organization's first player when Anaheim took him with its first selection in the expansion draft.

The snapshots of those building-block days in Quebec were numerous and indelible.

There was a fresh-faced, 18-year-old Paul Kariya as their No. 1 selection (fourth overall) in the entry draft. There was then-Disney chairman Michael Eisner looking like a proud father at the draft table, wearing a Mighty Ducks baseball cap and Mickey Mouse tie. And then there was the architect, General Manager Jack Ferreira, whose painful skin condition flared up and kept him hotel-bound, except for the drafts.

The birth of the Ducks and the other expansion team, the Florida Panthers, was almost quaint, especially compared to the current days of texting and Twitter. Players could, in fact, get away from it all and stay away.

Hebert, then with the Blues, had been told by St. Louis that he would get picked by the Panthers or the Mighty Ducks. On the day of the expansion draft, he escaped to his favorite trout stream near his family's home in Troy, N.Y.

"I lost track of time and ended up coming home," said Hebert, who played eight seasons with the Ducks. "And my younger brother came running out of the house, 'Where have you been? You're a Duck!'"

Goaltender Glenn Healy was a Duck for a day, only he didn't know it until after the fact. In two days, Healy went from the New York Islanders to Anaheim to Tampa Bay and finally to the New York Rangers.

Talk about a long way to get from New York … to New York.

Anaheim took Healy in the expansion draft, the Lightning selected him in the mini-draft the next day and the Rangers acquired him via trade later in the day.

The headline in the Los Angeles Times: "Goalie Healy Quickly Becomes the First Duck to Leave Nest."

All this happened when Healy was with some of his Islanders' teammates, vacationing in Ireland. He learned of the wild series of moves only when forward Pat Flatley decided to call home to talk to his mother.

"She told him, 'Glenn's been traded to the Rangers,'" said Healy, now a commentator for Hockey Night in Canada. "He said, 'Go get the newspaper and read it to me.' We were at one of the oldest pubs in Ireland and I can still see him coming across the bar, 'You're not going to believe this. You're on the Rangers now.'"

Kariya's life with the organization was considerably longer. He played nine seasons for the Ducks and eventually would wrap up his NHL career with 989 points in 989 games. He led the Ducks in their run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2003, with the Game 7 loss against the New Jersey Devils his last game with the Ducks. He then played for Colorado, Nashville and St. Louis.

Ferreira, who is now a special assistant to Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi, didn't need to see much of the prized prospect. He watched Kariya play in the NCAA tournament when Kariya was a freshman at the University of Maine. He told his assistant, Pierre Gauthier, that they weren't staying for three periods.

"I was there for two periods," Ferreira said. "And I looked at Pierre and said 'Let's get the hell out of here. I don't want anyone to think I like this guy.'"

Upon being drafted, Kariya told reporters he didn't want to jeopardize his NCAA eligibility by saying he was going to Disneyland.

But the best quote about Disney that day came from the Ducks' second-round pick, Nikolai Tsulygin, via an interpreter. The defenseman would appear in only 22 games with the Ducks in a brief NHL career.

"He knows it's a new team formed just this year," the interpreter told The Times. "He believes this is a company that mostly deals with cartoons but now is starting in hockey as well."

The only thing cartoonish about the new team was the uniform. The Ducks dropped "Mighty" from their name before the start of the 2006-07 season. In other words, just before they won the Stanley Cup.

Hebert noted that it was probably more difficult for enforcers Todd Ewen and Stu "Grim Reaper" Grimson to pull on the sweater, at first. Ewen and Grimson, like Hebert, were taken by Anaheim in the expansion draft.

"It was little different — being the eggplant and teal," Hebert said. "With the San Jose Sharks, no pun intended, they had dipped their toe in the water with something that wasn't traditional.

"That led the way to the colors that Disney had put together for the team. You think about the Original Six teams with history and whatever, then you're like: 'Is this really the name and really the logo of the team that we're going to represent?'

"I was an art major in college, so I have a bit of a creative side. I didn't mind it. I'm a goalie, so quirky is in my blood."

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682944 Anaheim Ducks

NHL: Kings, Ducks still find value in draft

History suggests both teams will find good talent after first round.

By Elliott Teaford @ElliottTeaford on Twitter

Posted: 06/29/2013 10:29:45 PM PDT

Updated: 06/29/2013 10:32:25 PM PDT

The Kings have 10 selections in today's NHL draft, but none in the first round.

The Ducks have five picks, but their first-round selection isn't until No. 26 overall.

It might seem as if the draft is no big deal for the Kings and Ducks, but the reality is nothing could be further from the truth. Today is the day all 30 teams in the NHL, even the successful ones like the Kings and Ducks, re-stock their prospect lists and hope for better days.

In 2003, for example, the Ducks were coming off their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final. They lost in seven grueling games to the deeper and more polished New Jersey Devils, and there were plenty of reasons to believe their days as a struggling expansion franchise were history.

In fact, their future was about to get a whole lot brighter.

Ten years ago this month, the Ducks took center Ryan Getzlaf of the Calgary Hitman of the Western Hockey League with the 19th overall selection and then picked right wing Corey Perry of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League at No. 28.

At the time, they were two names on a long list of 18-year-old prospects from around the hockey-playing world. Soon enough, they became Stanley Cup champions, Olympic champions and pillars of a franchise that had the third-best regular-season record in the NHL

in 2012-13.

Each player signed an eight-year contract extension with the Ducks last season.

Even if the Kings' roster appears all but set for the next few seasons after consecutive trips to the Western Conference finals and the franchise's first Stanley Cup title in 2012, today is critical to the club's future success. After all, if you're not getting better, you're getting worse.

Or so the theory goes.

It's the same for the Ducks, whose foundation appears to be as strong as the Kings. Both teams have improved over the years through trades and free-agent signings, and their rosters have been built from the ground up, with draft picks serving as cornerstones in each case.

For the Ducks, it's Getzlaf and Perry in '03 and left wing Bobby Ryan (first round, '05), who make up their top line. There's also defenseman Cam Fowler and right wing Emerson Etem (first round, '10) and outstanding goaltending prospect John Gibson (second round, '11).

For the Kings, it's even more pronounced, with left wing Dustin Brown (first round, '03), center Anze Kopitar (first round, '05), goalie Jonathan Quick (third round, '05), defenseman Drew Doughty (first round, '08) and defenseman Slava Voynov (second round, '08) playing key roles.

There's more to the draft than simply first-round picks, too.