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Anaheim Ducks All-Time Team - Day 2 - Wingers

October 2, 2012, 4:49 PM ET [18 Comments]
Steve Palumbo
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Today's poll will complete our top 12 forwards on the Anaheim Ducks All-Time team. I have decided to lump the wingers together for this vote because there are too many discrepancies with what position certain players should be categorized under.

Remember: Many of the forwards played several positions while with the Ducks and other teams. I am using hockeydb.com for reference when deciding how to classify a player.
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The result are in for the Ducks centers. The top four made the cut. Since we had a tie for fourth I will break the tie.

1. Ryan Getzlaf 84%
2. Andy McDonald 36%
3. Sergei Federov 35%
4. Adam Oates and Steve Rucchin tied 30% each

Because I strongly feel he should be included on this list of all-time Ducks, I am going to choose Steve Rucchin over Adam Oates. But, Oates still has a chance to make the team as a reserve.

Since Ryan Getzlaf was the runaway vote-getter of this poll, he will represent the Ducks as the top line center on the all-time team.

Today's group is much larger and this time the top eight will make the cut. This will round out our top 12 forwards.

One thing I have noticed while doing these polls is that the Anaheim franchise has not been very rich in overall talent since its inception. Only recently have the Ducks been able to assemble a decent group of talent. With that said, the final team will be a competitive group when matched head-to-head with some of the other NHL clubs all-time lists. Just my two cents.

  • Tomas Sandstrom
  • Corey Perry
  • Jeff Friesen
  • Chris Kunitz
  • Peter Douris
  • Stu Grimson
  • Patrik Carnback
  • Todd Marchant
  • Bobby Ryan
  • Teemu Selanne
  • Mike Leclerc
  • Jari Kurri
  • Travis Moen
  • George Parros
  • Gary Valk
  • Marty McInnis
  • Stanislov Chistov
  • Todd Bertuzzi
  • Dan Bylsma
  • Paul Kariya

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