2000–01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

2000–01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division5th Pacific
Conference15th Western
2000–01 record25–41–11–5
Home record15–20–4–2
Road record10–21–7–3
Goals for188
Goals against245
Team information
General managerPierre Gauthier
CoachCraig Hartsburg (Oct.–Dec.)
Guy Charron (Dec.–Apr.)
CaptainPaul Kariya
Alternate captainsDan Bylsma
Steve Rucchin
Teemu Selanne (Oct.–Mar.)
ArenaArrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Average attendance13,499
Minor league affiliate(s)Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Team leaders
GoalsPaul Kariya (33)
AssistsOleg Tverdovsky (39)
PointsPaul Kariya (67)
Penalty minutesJim Cummins (167)
Plus/minusAntti Aalto (+1)
WinsGuy Hebert (12)
Goals against averageJean-Sebastien Giguere (2.57)

The 2000–01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the team's eighth season. The Mighty Ducks failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second year in a row and finished last in the West.

Offseason

After missing the 2000 playoffs by only four points, the Mighty Ducks were quite hopeful to return to the post season. Anaheim was very busy during the summer trading and acquiring a lot prospects and were active on the free agent market as well.

Trying to improve their scoring depth and not relying too much on Kariya and Selanne, the Mighty Ducks signed German Titov and acquired Andrej Nazarov who had a career year in goals (10) and points (31).

Other free agents were Dan Bylsma, Petr Tenkrat as well as Jim Cummins and Kevin Sawyer who were signed to provide the necessary protection for their star players since they lost Stu Grimson to the Kings as a free agent. The team became much more European-based making up half the roster, mainly on their defense (6).

Regular season

The season proved to be very tough as the team never found consistency. The Ducks had a fair start, going 6–4–3–2 until November 4, when the team started having trouble, going winless for five games twice in November, going 2–8–3–1 which led the team to trade Traverse and Nazarov to the Boston Bruins for Samuel Pahlsson on November 18. To make matters even worse, center Steve Rucchin was hit in the face by a shot on November 15 and missed the rest of the season. Despite his absence, the Ducks improved by mid-December, nearing the .500 mark by two games with a 5–3–0–0 record until December 17, but finishing the month 5–7–1–1. Anaheim fired head coach Craig Hartsburg on December 14 after a win against the Blue Jackets, replacing him with assistant coach Guy Charron, though the move did not improve their performance.[1] Despite this roller coaster ride, the Mighty Ducks still remained in the playoff race with a 14–19–6–4 record by January 5, 2001. On January 10 the Mighty Ducks waived Dominic Roussel, resulting in J. S. Giguere becoming their new backup, believing him and Hebert would carry the team into the playoffs and pass on the torch carefully to a new number one during the season.

But all those hopes were shattered as the Mighty Ducks lost sixteen games by March 2 going 4–16–2–1. During this stretch, Hebert went 0–11–2, losing his starting position to Giguere by February – much sooner than had been expected. Though Hebert did not quite play as well as he had the previous two seasons, much of this was based on the team not giving him the necessary support he needed, as Selanne stated in an interview,[citation needed] expressing his frustrations and disappointment. Hebert faced thirty or more shots almost every game, yet was able to keep his save percentage close to the .900 mark.

The Ducks' longest winning streak was five games in early March, when it was clear the team was not going to make the playoffs. During the winning streak Anaheim sent Teemu Selanne to the Sharks in exchange for Jeff Friesen and Steve Shields. Shields' acquisition ended Hebert's tenure with the Mighty Ducks getting waived and picked up by the New York Rangers on March 7 to replace the injured Mike Richter. A week later, Jason Marshall was traded to Washington on March 13. Shields never dressed for the Ducks that season due to an injury and the team called up Gregg Naumenko to serve behind J. S. Giguere. Anaheim's GM Pierre Gauthier felt very confident and fans would accept the trade once the new arrivals dressed for their new team, calling both moves a huge change and necessary as the team needed to look forward and both players would improve the franchise immediately and long term as well. (SunJournal March 6, 2001)[better source needed] Fans gave management the cold shoulder for a long time since they did not believe the trade nor the waiving of Hebert to be a good move (LA Times, March 12th 2001) - especially Hebert's departure was not well received and made little sense, since Steve Shields was injured and out for the rest of the season, a potential trade of Hebert before the trading deadline at least would have resulted in a draft pick in return.

While Selanne enjoyed much success with San Jose, the same could not be said about Anaheim as the Ducks went 2–6–3 after their five-game winning streak, which had fans and experts worried whether the deal with the Sharks was actually worth it. The Mighty Ducks went 11–22–5–1 in the second half with a lot of open questions about the team's future identity with longtime players Hebert, Marshall and Selanne gone.

The defense was the weak link as the team allowed the second-most goals in the West with 245, behind Chicago with 246. Their goaltending was heavily effected by that, too as Guy Hebert and Dominic Roussel recorded a save percentage below .900 which was the first time in team history. In hopes of more scoring depth and not relying on their first line of Paul Kariya, Teemu Selanne and Steve Rucchin, the acquisitions of Andrei Nazarov and German Titov did not pay off at all as the team was at the bottom in scoring. Marty McInnis rediscovered his scoring touch, Tverdovsky ranked third in team scoring, Mike Leclerc had a very good second season despite missing 28 games. Traverse and Nazarov were traded early in mid-December as both did not live up to their expectations. The European youngsters showed some talent but could not fill the scoring void left by Rucchin, who played only 16 games.

The season marked the start of a new era: in goal, the team waived goaltender Guy Hebert (the last remaining original Mighty Duck from the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft) while focusing on Jean-Sebastien Giguere as their new starter. Their defense lost a valuable cornerstone with Jason Marshall after 6 years. It also marked the breakup of one of the best two forward tandems at the time by trading Teemu Selanne to San Jose without improving the team in scoring.

Final standings

Pacific Division[2]
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 3 Dallas Stars 82 48 24 8 2 241 187 106
2 5 San Jose Sharks 82 40 27 12 3 217 192 95
3 7 Los Angeles Kings 82 38 28 13 3 252 228 92
4 9 Phoenix Coyotes 82 35 27 17 3 214 212 90
5 15 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 82 25 41 11 5 188 245 66

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference[3]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 p – Colorado Avalanche NW 82 52 16 10 4 270 192 118
2 y – Detroit Red Wings CEN 82 49 20 9 4 253 202 111
3 y – Dallas Stars PAC 82 48 24 8 2 241 187 106
4 St. Louis Blues CEN 82 43 22 12 5 249 195 103
5 San Jose Sharks PAC 82 40 27 12 3 217 192 95
6 Edmonton Oilers NW 82 39 28 12 3 243 222 93
7 Los Angeles Kings PAC 82 38 28 13 3 252 228 92
8 Vancouver Canucks NW 82 36 28 11 7 239 238 90
8.5
9 Phoenix Coyotes PAC 82 35 27 17 3 214 212 90
10 Nashville Predators CEN 82 34 36 9 3 186 200 80
11 Calgary Flames NW 82 27 36 15 4 197 236 73
12 Chicago Blackhawks CEN 82 29 40 8 5 210 246 71
13 Columbus Blue Jackets CEN 82 28 39 9 6 190 233 71
14 Minnesota Wild NW 82 25 39 13 5 168 210 68
15 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PAC 82 25 41 11 5 188 245 66

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division


Schedule and results

2000–01 regular season[4]
October: 6–4–1–2 (home: 2–1–0–2; road: 4–3–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
1 W October 6, 2000 3–1 Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 1–0–0–0 Recap
2 L October 8, 2000 1–5 St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 1–1–0–0 Recap
3 OTL October 11, 2000 2–3 OT Boston Bruins (2000–01) 1–1–0–1 Recap
4 L October 14, 2000 2–4 @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 1–2–0–1 Recap
5 W October 16, 2000 4–3 @ New York Rangers (2000–01) 2–2–0–1 Recap
6 W October 17, 2000 4–3 @ New York Islanders (2000–01) 3–2–0–1 Recap
7 T October 20, 2000 2–2 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 3–2–1–1 Recap
8 W October 21, 2000 4–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 4–2–1–1 Recap
9 OTL October 23, 2000 4–5 OT Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 4–2–1–2 Recap
10 L October 25, 2000 2–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 4–3–1–2 Recap
11 W October 27, 2000 3–2 Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 5–3–1–2 Recap
12 W October 29, 2000 6–3 @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 6–3–1–2 Recap
13 L October 30, 2000 3–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 6–4–1–2 Recap
November: 2–8–3–1 (home: 1–4–1–0; road: 1–4–2–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
14 T November 1, 2000 1–1 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 6–4–2–2 Recap
15 T November 4, 2000 3–3 OT @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 6–4–3–2 Recap
16 L November 5, 2000 2–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 6–5–3–2 Recap
17 L November 8, 2000 2–7 Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 6–6–3–2 Recap
18 L November 11, 2000 1–3 @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 6–7–3–2 Recap
19 L November 12, 2000 2–3 Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 6–8–3–2 Recap
20 L November 15, 2000 0–3 Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 6–9–3–2 Recap
21 W November 18, 2000 6–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 7–9–3–2 Recap
22 W November 19, 2000 2–1 New York Islanders (2000–01) 8–9–3–2 Recap
23 L November 22, 2000 2–5 New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 8–10–3–2 Recap
24 T November 24, 2000 2–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 8–10–4–2 Recap
25 L November 25, 2000 2–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 8–11–4–2 Recap
26 L November 28, 2000 1–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 8–12–4–2 Recap
27 OTL November 30, 2000 2–3 OT @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 8–12–4–3 Recap
December: 5–7–1–1 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 1–5–1–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
28 W December 3, 2000 4–0 Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 9–12–4–3 Recap
29 L December 5, 2000 0–1 @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 9–13–4–3 Recap
30 L December 6, 2000 2–5 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 9–14–4–3 Recap
31 W December 8, 2000 1–0 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 10–14–4–3 Recap
32 L December 10, 2000 0–1 Dallas Stars (2000–01) 10–15–4–3 Recap
33 W December 13, 2000 5–4 OT Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 11–15–4–3 Recap
34 W December 15, 2000 6–4 New York Rangers (2000–01) 12–15–4–3 Recap
35 W December 17, 2000 3–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 13–15–4–3 Recap
36 L December 20, 2000 2–4 Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 13–16–4–3 Recap
37 OTL December 22, 2000 1–2 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 13–16–4–4 Recap
38 L December 23, 2000 2–5 @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 13–17–4–4 Recap
39 L December 27, 2000 1–3 @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 13–18–4–4 Recap
40 T December 28, 2000 2–2 OT @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 13–18–5–4 Recap
41 L December 31, 2000 2–3 @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 13–19–5–4 Recap
January: 2–10–1–0 (home: 1–6–1–0; road: 1–4–0–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
42 W January 3, 2001 3–2 OT Florida Panthers (2000–01) 14–19–5–4 Recap
43 T January 5, 2001 4–4 OT Calgary Flames (2000–01) 14–19–6–4 Recap
44 L January 10, 2001 2–4 St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 14–20–6–4 Recap
45 L January 12, 2001 0–4 Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 14–21–6–4 Recap
46 L January 14, 2001 0–4 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 14–22–6–4 Recap
47 L January 15, 2001 2–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 14–23–6–4 Recap
48 W January 17, 2001 5–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 15–23–6–4 Recap
49 L January 19, 2001 3–4 Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 15–24–6–4 Recap
50 L January 21, 2001 2–4 Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 15–25–6–4 Recap
51 L January 24, 2001 0–5 Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 15–26–6–4 Recap
52 L January 26, 2001 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 15–27–6–4 Recap
53 L January 27, 2001 1–2 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 15–28–6–4 Recap
54 L January 31, 2001 0–3 Nashville Predators (2000–01) 15–29–6–4 Recap
February: 3–5–2–1 (home: 2–4–2–0; road: 1–1–0–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
55 W February 1, 2001 4–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 16–29–6–4 Recap
56 L February 7, 2001 2–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 16–30–6–4 Recap
57 L February 9, 2001 3–4 Washington Capitals (2000–01) 16–31–6–4 Recap
58 T February 11, 2001 2–2 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 16–31–7–4 Recap
59 T February 14, 2001 3–3 OT Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 16–31–8–4 Recap
60 OTL February 16, 2001 2–3 OT @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 16–31–8–5 Recap
61 W February 19, 2001 6–2 Calgary Flames (2000–01) 17–31–8–5 Recap
62 W February 21, 2001 1–0 San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 18–31–8–5 Recap
63 L February 23, 2001 1–3 @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 18–32–8–5 Recap
64 L February 25, 2001 2–5 Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 18–33–8–5 Recap
65 L February 28, 2001 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 18–34–8–5 Recap
March: 6–5–2–0 (home: 4–1–0–0; road: 2–4–2–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
66 L March 2, 2001 2–5 Dallas Stars (2000–01) 18–35–8–5 Recap
67 W March 4, 2001 4–0 Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 19–35–8–5 Recap
68 W March 7, 2001 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 20–35–8–5 Recap
69 W March 9, 2001 3–1 Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 21–35–8–5 Recap
70 W March 11, 2001 1–0 OT Nashville Predators (2000–01) 22–35–8–5 Recap
71 W March 13, 2001 2–0 @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 23–35–8–5 Recap
72 L March 14, 2001 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 23–36–8–5 Recap
73 L March 16, 2001 1–4 @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 23–37–8–5 Recap
74 W March 18, 2001 4–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 24–37–8–5 Recap
75 L March 21, 2001 0–8 @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 24–38–8–5 Recap
76 T March 24, 2001 3–3 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 24–38–9–5 Recap
77 L March 29, 2001 4–7 @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 24–39–9–5 Recap
78 T March 30, 2001 2–2 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 24–39–10–5 Recap
April: 1–2–1–0 (home: 1–2–0–0; road: 0–0–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
79 W April 1, 2001 2–1 Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 25–39–10–5 Recap
80 T April 4, 2001 1–1 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 25–39–11–5 Recap
81 L April 6, 2001 2–5 Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 25–40–11–5 Recap
82 L April 8, 2001 1–4 San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 25–41–11–5 Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
9 Paul Kariya LW 66 33 34 67 −9 20
8 Teemu Selanne‡ RW 61 26 33 59 −8 36
10 Oleg Tverdovsky D 82 14 39 53 −11 32
16 Marty McInnis RW 75 20 22 42 −21 40
17 Matt Cullen C 82 10 30 40 −23 38
15 Tony Hrkac C 80 13 25 38 0 29
12 Mike Leclerc LW 54 15 20 35 −1 26
13 German Titov LW 71 9 11 20 −21 61
18 Petr Tenkrat RW 46 5 9 14 −11 16
28 Niclas Havelid D 47 4 10 14 −6 34
11 Jeff Friesen† LW 15 2 10 12 −2 10
19 Jim Cummins RW 79 5 6 11 −11 167
25 Mike Crowley† D 39 1 10 11 −16 20
5[a] Vitaly Vishnevski D 76 1 10 11 −1 99
27 Pascal Trepanier D 57 6 4 10 −12 73
21 Dan Bylsma LW 82 1 9 10 −12 22
20 Steve Rucchin C 16 3 5 8 −5 0
7 Pavel Trnka D 59 1 7 8 −12 42
29 Ladislav Kohn‡ RW 51 4 3 7 −15 42
32 Marc Chouinard C 44 3 4 7 −5 12
23 Jason Marshall‡ D 50 3 4 7 −12 105
26 Samuel Pahlsson† C 59 3 4 7 −9 14
24 Ruslan Salei D 50 1 5 6 −14 70
22 Jonas Ronnqvist RW 38 0 4 4 −7 14
14 Antti Aalto C 12 1 1 2 1 2
40[b] Antti-Jussi Niemi D 28 1 1 2 −6 22
35 Jean-Sebastien Giguere G 34 0 2 2 8
11[c] Andy McDonald C 16 1 0 1 0 6
26 Andrei Nazarov‡ RW 16 1 0 1 −9 29
3 Patrick Traverse‡ D 15 1 0 1 −6 6
46 Kevin Sawyer LW 9 0 1 1 −1 27
31 Guy Hebert‡ G 41 0 0 0 0
1 Gregg Naumenko G 2 0 0 0 2
30 Dominic Roussel‡ G 13 0 0 0 0
37 Bob Wren C 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltending

  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
31 Guy Hebert‡ 41 12 23 4 1112 115 3.12 .897 2 2215
35 Jean-Sebastien Giguere 34 11 17 5 976 87 2.57 .911 4 2031
30 Dominic Roussel‡ 13 2 5 2 295 31 2.85 .895 0 653
1 Gregg Naumenko 2 0 1 0 29 7 6.00 .759 0 70

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Paul Kariya[d] [6]

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Jonas Ronnqvist October 6, 2000 [7]
Antti-Jussi Niemi October 25, 2000
Andy McDonald November 12, 2000
Petr Tenkrat November 30, 2000
Marc Chouinard December 15, 2000
Gregg Naumenko March 21, 2001

Transactions

The Mighty Ducks were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.[8]

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 12, 2000 (2000-06-12) To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
To Ottawa Senators
[9]
To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
  • 7th-round pick in 2001
 To New Jersey Devils
[10]
June 24, 2000 (2000-06-24) To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
  • 2nd-round pick in 2000
 To Montreal Canadiens
  • 3rd-round pick in 2000
  • 4th-round pick in 2000
  • 5th-round pick in 2000
 [8]
June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25) To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
To Toronto Maple Leafs
  • 6th-round pick in 2000
  • 7th-round pick in 2000
 [11]
September 26, 2000 (2000-09-26) To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
To Calgary Flames
[12]
November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18) To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
To Boston Bruins
  • Andrei Nazarov
  • Patrick Traverse
 [13]
February 9, 2001 (2001-02-09) To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
To Atlanta Thrashers
[14]
March 5, 2001 (2001-03-05) To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
To San Jose Sharks
[15]
March 13, 2001 (2001-03-13) To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
To Washington Capitals
[16]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
June 13, 2000 (2000-06-13) Jarrett Smith Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) multi-year Free agency [17]
July 1, 2000 (2000-07-01) German Titov Edmonton Oilers 3-year Free agency [18]
July 5, 2000 (2000-07-05) Jim Cummins Montreal Canadiens 1-year Free agency [19]
July 13, 2000 (2000-07-13) Dan Bylsma Los Angeles Kings 1-year[f] Free agency [20]
Kevin Sawyer Phoenix Coyotes 2-year Free agency [20]
July 20, 2000 (2000-07-20) Chris O'Sullivan Vancouver Canucks 1-year Free agency [21]

Players lost

Date Player New team Via[g] Ref
N/A Lloyd Shaw Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) Free agency (UFA) [23]
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23) Ladislav Benysek Minnesota Wild Expansion draft [24]
Jeff Nielsen Minnesota Wild Expansion draft [24]
July 3, 2000 (2000-07-03) Kevin Haller New York Islanders Free agency (V) [25]
July 5, 2000 (2000-07-05) Scott Ferguson Edmonton Oilers Free agency (VI) [26]
July 6, 2000 (2000-07-06) Stu Grimson Los Angeles Kings Free agency (III) [27]
August 11, 2000 (2000-08-11) Peter Leboutillier Los Angeles Kings Free agency (VI) [28]
August 17, 2000 (2000-08-17) Ted Donato Dallas Stars Free agency (III) [29]
September 5, 2000 (2000-09-05) Frank Banham Espoo Blues (Liiga) Free agency (VI) [30]
September 11, 2000 (2000-09-11) Tom Askey Rochester Americans (AHL) Free agency (VI) [31]
September 24, 2000 (2000-09-24) Kip Miller Pittsburgh Penguins Free agency (UFA) [32]
September 25, 2000 (2000-09-25) Jeremy Stevenson Nashville Predators Free agency (VI) [33]
October 3, 2000 (2000-10-03) Corey Hirsch Portland Pirates (AHL) Free agency (UFA) [34]
October 5, 2000 (2000-10-05) Tony Tuzzolino Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) Free agency (UFA) [35]
October 16, 2000 (2000-10-16) Chad Wagner San Diego Gulls (WCHL) Free agency (UFA) [36]
October 27, 2000 (2000-10-27) Blaine Russell Columbus Cottonmouths (CHL) Free agency (UFA) [37]
January 10, 2001 (2001-01-10) Dominic Roussel Edmonton Oilers Waivers [38]
March 7, 2001 (2001-03-07) Guy Hebert New York Rangers Waivers [39]
April 26, 2001 (2001-04-26) Antti Aalto Jokerit (Liiga) Free agency [40]

Signings

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
July 6, 2000 (2000-07-06) Peter Podhradsky 3-year Entry-level [8]
July 13, 2000 (2000-07-13) Dean Malkoc 1-year Re-signing [20]
July 14, 2000 (2000-07-14) Jonas Ronnqvist 2-year Entry-level [41]
July 25, 2000 (2000-07-25) Marc Chouinard 1-year Re-signing [42]
Marty McInnis 1-year Re-signing [42]
July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27) Mike Leclerc 1-year Re-signing [43]
July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31) Jean-Sebastien Giguere 1-year Re-signing [44]
August 7, 2000 (2000-08-07) Patrick Traverse 1-year Arbitration award [45]
August 11, 2000 (2000-08-11) Ladislav Kohn 1-year Arbitration award [28]
August 16, 2000 (2000-08-16) Antti Aalto 1-year Arbitration award [46]
September 5, 2000 (2000-09-05) Matt Cullen 1-year Re-signing [47]
September 15, 2000 (2000-09-15) Oleg Tverdovsky 3-year Re-signing [48]
December 7, 2000 (2000-12-07) Mike Crowley 1-year[f] Re-signing [49]
March 8, 2001 (2001-03-08) Marty McInnis 3-year Extension [50]

Draft picks

Anaheim's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.[51]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 12 Alexei Smirnov  Russia THK Tver (Russia)
2 44 Ilya Bryzgalov  Russia Lada Togliatti (Russia)
4 98 Jonas Ronnqvist  Sweden Lulea HF (Sweden)
5 134 Peter Podhradsky  Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
5 153 Bill Cass  United States Boston College (ECAC)

Farm teams

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks ( shared with the Detroit Red Wings )

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Vishnevski wore number 6 through January 5.
  2. ^ After wearing number 40 in his first game, Niemi wore number 25 in his next four games before switching back.
  3. ^ McDonald wore number 48 in his first game.
  4. ^ Kariya was voted to the starting lineup.[5]
  5. ^ Anaheim agreed to pay a portion of Selanne’s salary on the final year of his contract in 2001–02.
  6. ^ a b Club option for a second year.
  7. ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[22]

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