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2009-10 PREVIEW: DUCKS Theres no rebuilding in Ducks vocabulary Eric Stephen - NHL. Premier Chargers Jersey .com Correspondent Ducks GM Bob Murray doesnt believe in rebuilding, which is why he simply retooled his team this offseason. READ MORE › RELATED STORIES: Ducks earned road warrior moniker in 2008-09 COMPLETE SEASON PREVIEW PACKAGE › | SCHEDULE › You can certainly make the case that the biggest reason the Anaheim Ducks knocked off the top-seeded San Jose Sharks in the opening round of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs was the play of their top line -- Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry and Bobby Ryan. The trio totaled 17 goals during Anaheims playoff run, which ended with a disappointing seven-game loss to the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference semifinals. But since then, the Ducks have added talented forwards Joffrey Lupul and Saku Koivu to give the club more balance up front. "Adding Loops and Koivu to the front end, it makes our top six pretty dynamic," Getzlaf told NHL.com. "Teams are going to have to look at both lines and not just try to cover one. That kind of stuff helps everybody." While the Ducks looked impressive at times during the playoffs, they had an inconsistent regular season that saw them struggle just to clinch a postseason berth. They finished eighth in the Western Conference with 91 points -- just two ahead of the ninth-place Minnesota Wild. Thats what made their first-round ouster of San Jose even more surprising. Getzlaf admitted that it wasnt until after the 2-0 win in Game 1 at HP Pavilion that the teams confidence began to rise. Anaheim went on to take the series in six. "It was a weird mindset because when we drew San Jose, thats a team we always battle with," Getzlaf said. "I think it was just the mindset that we had to take it a game at a time. Its the old cliché, but when youre playing a team like that, we had to try and steal a game in their building. I dont know if everybody believed it at the start, but after we took that first game, I think everybodys mindset was all in the same place." That momentum carried over into the second round, where the Ducks gave the Red Wings all they could handle. After forcing Game 7 with a 2-1 win in Anaheim, the Ducks nearly knocked off the then-defending champs -- Detroit won 4-3 on a late goal. Its been almost five months since that loss, but its still fresh in Getzlafs memory. He feels it will remain there until Anaheim kicks off the 2009-10 season against the Sharks on Oct. 3 at the Honda Center. "It was a great series, but I dont think youre over it until you start the season again," Getzlaf admitted. "We knew we had them in our grasp, and we lost it." Given how close they came to the Western Conference Final, the Ducks will certainly enter the season with higher expectations and a renewed sense of optimism. With such a formidable top line, theyre bound to give the opposition fits on a nightly basis. "I think expectations go up every year," Getzlaf said. "Everybody expects you to win every year, especially in our organization. From the start, its been that way. We made moves this summer that we felt gave our team a better chance to win. Well see how it goes now." Just like every other team, the Ducks enter the season with question marks. The biggest comes on defense -- they traded Chris Pronger to the Philadelphia Flyers on the opening night of the Entry Draft. However, Getzlaf is confident that players such as James Wisniewski and Ryan Whitney can fill the void left by one of the Leagues top defensemen. "We have guys there that can do it," Getzlaf said. "We brought (Nick) Boynton in, and (Sheldon) Brookbanks still there. Its a chance for other guys to fit into those roles. Bringing Whitney and Wisniewski and those guys in allowed us to move Prongs and maybe clear up space for a guy like Koivu to come in and give us that secondary scoring." Another question mark for the Ducks is who will be their starting goalie? Jean-Sebastien Giguere has been a mainstay with the club since his Conn Smythe-winning performance back in 2003, but he lost the job before the playoffs to Jonas Hiller, who posted a 2.23 goals-against average in 13 postseason games (Giguere played only 17 minutes). While coach Randy Carlyle will certainly be peppered with questions about the starting position during training camp, Getzlaf isnt too concerned. In the end, he feels the Ducks will only benefit by having two top-notch goaltenders. "Distractions are only if you let them be, I guess," he said. "For us, it should be a good thing that we have a goalie controversy. To have two goalies at their level, for us players, its great. If the media wants to fight over whos starting, thats fine. For us, its the fact that those two can push each other to be better. Its a great situation for us." Contact Brian Compton at [email protected] Pittsburgh Steelers Jersey . Mariners hurler Erik Bedard has been outstanding even longer. The two starters put their respective unbeaten streaks on the line this evening when Washington and Seattle continue a three-game set in D. Thomas Jones Jersey . - Lauri Korpikoski a marqué ses deux premiers buts de la saison pour aider les Coyotes de Phoenix à disposer des Stars de Dallas 5-2. Jets Revis Jersey . Winn finished the game with a pair of hits for the Giants, who have won five in a row to move to 8-8 on the season. Edgar Renteria drove in a pair of runs with a double, and Emmanuel Burriss also had an RBI for San Francisco. Johnson made his second start against Arizona -- his former team -- this season, but he lasted only 3 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on three hits and fanning only two. 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Ma made the remarks at a press conference on the progress of negotiations for the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a pact aimed at further normalizing trade and investment ties across the Taiwan Strait. Cleveland Browns Cribbs Jersey . Ambassadors of Cute, Shizuka Fujioka (L), Yu Kimura, and Misako Aoki (R), pose during a news conference at Japans Foreign Ministry in Tokyo March 12, 2009. Inspired by the characters in Japans distinctive anime animated films and manga cartoon books, one of the new ambassadors dresses as a schoolgirl, another as a Victorian doll in voluminous frilly skirts. San Diego, CA (Sports Network) - Jimmy Rollins doubled off the right-field wall to open the 12th inning and scored on Placido Polancos base hit up the middle, lifting the Phillies to a 3-2 win over the Padres in the opener of a three-game series at Petco Park. Luis Durangos throw home on Polancos hit appeared to beat Rollins to the plate, but the runner avoided Yorvit Torrealbas tag with a nifty slide. The win, which was credited to Chad Durbin (4-1) for throwing scoreless innings in the 11th and 12th, came after Brad Lidge balked in the game-tying run in the ninth. The Phillies, fresh off getting swept by the Astros in four games at home, moved to within two games of the National League East-leading Braves, while San Diego maintained its six-game cushion over the Giants in the West. Roy Oswalt allowed just five hits -- one a home run-ball to Torrealba -- while striking out six with no walks in an eight-inning start for Philadelphia. Mat Latos was charged with a run on five hits and two walks, finishing with six strikeouts en route to a 13th consecutive start of two earned runs allowed or less for the Padres, who were coming off an 11-5 loss to Arizona. Both starters were masterful, as the only runs they surrendered came in the third inning. For Philadelphia, the tally came with three consecutive two-out singles, the last a Chase Utley base hit that plated Rollins. Torrealba led off the bottom half with a homer to tie the game, but Oswalt settled in from there, retiring the final 13 hitters he faced. It was two guys with great stuff, Padres manager Bud Black said of the pitching matchup. Latos stranded two runners in the seventh but was pulled to start the eighth in favor of Mike Adams, who walked Utley with one out. Ryan Howard, victim of a strikeout in his previous three at-bats, followed with an opposite-field single, and Jayson Werth walked to loaad the bases. Throwback Dino Ciccarelli Jersey. Joe Thatcher came in and coughed up a broken-bat, RBI single to Raul Ibanez through the right side of the infield. Luke Gregerson then retired Shane Victorino and Carlos Ruiz in succession to keep it a one-run game. The Padres tied it again in the ninth on just one hit. Matt Stairs greeted Lidge with a pinch-hit single to open the frame, and pinch-runner Jerry Hairston Jr. was pushed over a base with a sacrifice bunt. Miguel Tejada bounced out to third, and Adrian Gonzalez was given a free pass with first base open. Lidge got ahead of Ryan Ludwick 0-2, but came too far inside and hit the batter on the forearm to load the bases. With no margin of error, Lidge, on a 2-2 count, began his windup with Chase Headley at the plate and stopped before delivering a pitch, resulting in a balk and the tying run crossing the plate. It was a bizarre thing, Lidge said of the balk. The ball hit my glove and it started to come out. I had to look down to get the grip, otherwise the ball would have fallen out. By that time my momentum was taking me forward, so basically I had to step off or else I would have fallen on my face. Headley then bounced out to first to send the game to extra innings. Heath Bell threw two scoreless innings for the Padres before Ernesto Frieri (0-1) entered in the 12th and took the loss. GAME NOTES:Rollins had three hits and a walk in the victory...The Phillies had scored two runs or less in seven of their previous eight games...Lidge had not allowed a run in 10 previous August appearances...Latos, who is 8-1 over his last 13 starts, has struck out at least six batters in nine straight outings...Oswalt entered the game 10-2 with a 2.56 earned-run average in 17 games -- 15 starts -- against the Padres...Howard whiffed four times and has 14 strikeouts in his last five games...Ludwick had two of San Diegos seven hits. ' ' '
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