Ducks Cut Down to 23

The Anaheim Ducks are officially good to go, as of Monday afternoon. They made cuts to Andrew Ebbett and Ryan Donally to bring their camp roster to 23, including Brad Larsen, who will be out for six weeks after hernia surgery. The team looks pretty solid from left-to-right in the table below and they are all financially sound for this season. With the team's moves this summer, they have gotten under the cap with a hit of $54.9 million. That leaves them about $1.8 million left underneath the cap and the six weeks off will discount Larsen's $550,000, after he misses his 10th consecutive game.

Forwards	Defense	Goaltenders
Ryan Getzlaf	Chris Pronger	Jean-Sebastien Giguere
Corey Perry	Scott Niedermayer	Jonas Hiller
Chris Kunitz	Steve Montador
Brendan Morrison	Francois Beauchemin
Teemu Selanne	Kent Huskins
Todd Marchant	Ken Klee
Rob Niedermayer	Nathan McIver
Samuel Pahlsson
Ryan Carter
Travis Moen
George Parros
Brad May
Brad Larsen
Brian Sutherby

There shouldn't be many pool surprises here in Anaheim. The top five forwards are likely to be scoring machines, including Teemu Selanne, who makes his return for yet another year. The top four defensemen are pretty solid for scoring, but that's where it's going to drop off. Plus/Minus should be a good stat on this blueline staff. Finally, J-S Giguere will be a workhorse again for the Ducks, as he'll get the bulk of the starts and likely put a 35-40 win season together. Very encouraging. There will be a good dogfight between the Ducks and Sharks for the class of the Pacific, while the Stars lurk in waiting.