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Top 50 Anaheim Ducks

Named after the Mighty Ducks, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim first took flight in 1993 as an Expansion Team in the same year as the Florida Panthers.  The Ducks landed their first major star in Paul Kariya in 1996, and they would trade for another in Teemu Selanne.  

In 2003, they would surprisingly win the Western Conference, but they lost to the New Jersey Devils.  The team was sold by their original company, Disney, and in 2006 they were renamed the Anaheim Ducks.  The newly named team went on to win their first Stanley Cup by defeating the Ottawa Senators in 2007.  They have yet to reach the Finals since.

This list is up to the end of the 2022/23 season.

Note: Hockey lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics and post-season accolades.

41. Trevor Zegras

41. Trevor Zegras
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Trevor Zegras starred in the United States Junior Hockey League, so much so, that he was a top ten pick in the 2019 Draft.  Rather than join the team that drafted him, Anaheim, the Center honored a commitment to Boston University, where as a freshman he was the third highest…
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42. Joffrey Lupul

42. Joffrey Lupul
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The Seventh Overall Pick in 2002, Joffrey Lupul had a promising rookie year where he scored 34 Points.
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43. Mike LeClerc

43. Mike LeClerc
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Mike LeClerc’s first three years as a professional hockey player was mostly spent in the American Hockey League, but in 1999, the Left Wing earned his spot on the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim roster.
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44. Joe Sacco

44. Joe Sacco
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After three years with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Joe Sacco was taken by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the Expansion Draft, thus making the American an original member of the team.
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45. Toni Lydman

45. Toni Lydman
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Finnish Defenseman Toni Lydman had played four years for Calgary and five for Buffalo before he joined the Anaheim Ducks as a Free Agent in 2010.  Lydman might have been nearing the end of his career, but he still had a lot left to offer, especially in his first year as…
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46. Kevin Shattenkirk

46. Kevin Shattenkirk
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A ten-year veteran and a Stanley Cup Champion with Tampa Bay Lightning the year before he signed a three-year deal with the Anaheim Ducks, Kevin Shattenkirk brought the Ducks exactly what they signed him for, veteran leadership and defensive depth. In the three seasons he played in SoCal, Shattenkirk scored…
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47. Ondrej Kase

47. Ondrej Kase
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Taken with the sixth last pick of the 2014 Draft, Czech winger, Ondrej Kase played a year in the AHL before the Right Wing made the roster the following season.
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48. Pavel Trnka

48. Pavel Trnka
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Pavel Trnka played seven seasons in the National Hockey League, of which the Czech Defenseman was with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for the first five of the seven.
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49. Dave Karpa

49. Dave Karpa
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Dave Karpa is arguably the only player to be traded from the Quebec Nordiques in Anaheim's worth discussing.
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50. Kyle Palmieri

50. Kyle Palmieri
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Kyle Palmieri was taken 26thOverall in 2009, and the native of Smithtown, New York, made it to the NHL a year later, playing ten games for the Anaheim Ducks.
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