A duck and a gopher walk into a barn…
Good Morning Orange County
As we near the start of the 2023 “It Literally Can’t Get Any Worse” season for the Anaheim Ducks, I thought it would be fitting to look into a new duckling coming into the lineup for this season. Ending the season with departures from veteran Kevin Shattenkirk, Nathan Beaulieu, and Simon Benoit, a clear opening on the blue line has appeared for one of the burgeoning Ducks prospects to take. With a stacked CHL farm consisting of Olen Zellweger, Pavel Mintyukov, Tristen Luneau, and Noah Warren, it can be easy to overlook our midwestern “corn-fed cornbread” 200 lb Minnesotan defenseman.