Ducks Acquire Brad May From Colorado

[Smerri1029]

ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has acquired left wing Brad May from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for goaltender Michael Wall.

May, 35 (11/29/71), has appeared in 868 career NHL games, scoring 123-152=275 points with 2,027 penalty minutes (PIM). He has also played in 64 career playoff games, scoring 4-8=12 points with 80 PIM.

A native of Toronto, Ontario, May has played in 10 games with Colorado this season, scoring 0-3=3 points. The 6-1, 220-pound forward missed the first 53 games of the season with a shoulder injury, returning to action Feb. 8 vs. Atlanta.

May was drafted by Buffalo in the first round (14th overall) of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He played with Buffalo from 1991-1998 before being traded to Vancouver (Feb. 4, 1998) with Buffalo's third-round draft pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft for Geoff Sanderson. May had two stints with the Canucks (1998-2000 & 2002-2004) and played three seasons in Phoenix (2000-2002). May signed with Colorado as a free agent on Aug. 5, 2005.

Wall, 21, (4/25/85), has played with Anaheim and Portland (American Hockey League) this season. He played in four games with the Ducks, going 2-2-0 with a 2.97 goals-against average (GAA) and .877 save percentage (SV%). He also played in 19 games with Portland, posting a 10-6-1 mark with a 3.13 GAA and .880 SV%.

Wall was signed as a free agent by Anaheim on Sept. 29, 2005.

[Humpzilla]

Mother****er.....

And this leaves Parros where?

[pondhockey]

holy ****
the Ducks are untouchable now

[jarrelle10]

The tough get tougher. Pretty soon the Ducks can play in the LNAH.

[pondhockey]

with Thornton and Parros still there, it seems to me that one of them will have to go with May coming in

[The Fridge]

Parros
May
Thornton

[Purely_Purinton]

The tough get tougher!

[Caps51]

I've been reading around on different boards that dainius zubrus might be heading to the ducks as well. If that's true..look out in the west!!

[muket_ball]

Quack quack quack!!! The ducks are coming

[Isles4life]

I didn't know they were after more toughness. I guess they wanted a guy with a lot of experience to fill that role.

[Purely_Purinton]

It's G Michael Wall going the other way to Colorado, so no tough guys lost here.

[BGDDYKWL]

I realize the initial thought is the Ducks got even tougher, but in actuality this likely means that we will be seeing very little of Parros from here on out. No chance of all three being in the lineup, and come playoff time it'll likely be only May or Thornton. Still good to see the Ducks stick to their toughness philosophy though.

[peacemaker]

In terms of toughness, May is not what he once was. Nor is he as a player. I suspect that Parros will not be dressing for many of the playoff games and Burkie is acquiring toughness that can be inserted into the lineup with greater frequency.

It will be Anaheim's depth pertaining to toughness that will give them their playoff edge. Teams will try and run Niedermayer and Pronger; Burke is getting prepared to quell the assault before it happens.

But more often than not those 3 guys will rarely be playing together. Calgary especially will try and punish the big 2 d-men.

It's nice to see Burkie getting ready to go to war though.

[pbag]

Originally Posted by Purely_Purinton

It's G Michael Wall going the other way to Colorado, so no tough guys lost here.

No but i think people are more worried about whos gonna lose a spot on the roster. Most likely Parros, as he rarely gets dressed anyways.
A poster on this site claimed that he saw an interwiew with May where he stated that his fighting days were over.

[avoidlloyd]

Holy ****, is this an arms race? If Anaheim are the U.S.A., who are the Russians? I've always respected May as a fighter.