Player Review: Clayton Stoner

AnaheimDucks.com

Clayton Stoner's standout play for Minnesota during the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs was a major reason the Ducks signed him to a four-year deal last summer. And it was during this past postseason – his first in Anaheim – the veteran defenseman further proved his reliability.

The 30-year-old Stoner played all 16 of the Ducks’ playoff games as a formidable pairing with partner Sami Vatanen, maintaining a level of play that kept fellow veteran James Wisniewski from ever making a postseason appearance. Stoner, a hard-hitting, goal-protecting, stay-at-home presence on the back end, had a plus-4 rating and led the team with 60 hits in the playoffs. His 128 hits during the regular…