Emerson Etem Claimed by Anaheim Ducks

Emerson Etem's Vancouver Canucks career came to an end this morning. He was claimed by the team that drafted him in the 2010 first round, the Anaheim Ducks.

Etem was acquired by the Canucks in January in a trade that sent Nicklas Jensen and a sixth-round draft pick to the New York Rangers. He produced decently down the stretch and earned a one-year, $775,000 deal. But he was outplayed in training camp and left off the Canucks roster in favor of Jack Skille and Brendan Gaunce.

His final Canucks stat line looks like this:

While there was hope he might become a productive winger and revitalize his career in Vancouver, Etem just never really seized the opportunity. He's fast, but not much seems to…