The Anaheim Ducks defensive pairings appeared predictable coming out of the 2014 training camp, preseason and heading into the ’14-’15 regular season. The top four seemed to be set. Cam Fowler and Ben Lovejoy would once again play together while veteran Francois Beauchemin would be paired with the young Swede, Hampus Lindholm, for a second consecutive season.
It was the third defensive pairing that left some question marks but when Anaheim Ducks general manager Bob Murray signed free agent Clayton Stoner to a four-year $13,000 contract, it appeared as though Stoner would be the man playing alongside Sami Vatanen, rounding out the Ducks defense.