It’s the home opener at Honda Center, an evening that will entail the requisite pomp and circumstance of this highly anticipated evening. But it’s a game that will take on some added meaning for at least one Duck.
Kevin Bieksa likely searched for this game on the schedule as soon as he was traded by the Canucks to the Ducks for a 2016 second round draft pick last June 30. It was not just because it was his first regular season opportunity to play in front of his new home fans, but because it marks his first game against the team he played with for the last 10 seasons.