Who are Ducks’ biggest rivals?

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Judging from the passion displayed in the “Comments” section of this blog, it would appear that the executive feud between Brian Burke of the Ducks and Kevin Lowe of the Edmonton Oilers has lifted the Oilers into the status of being the Ducks’ biggest rivals – at least as far as fans are concerned. Is that [...] [link]

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NHL Morning Papers (Wednesday Edition)
Published 8/13/2008 by Richard at IllegalCurve.com
Here are the morning papers for Wednesday the 13th of August: Dan Wood of the Orange County Register is asking Ducks fans to tell him which team is the Ducks’ biggest rival. According to the Detroit Free Press, Nicklas Lidstrom did not go anything crazy with the Cup this off-season. The Islanders announced the hiring of Scott Gordon as the team’s new head coach last night, and Greg Logan of Newsday has all the details.  The Islanders made the right hire, opines Mark Herrmann of Newsday.  ...

The Red Wings’ Biggest Rival: the Ducks? Here’s Five Reasons Why…
Published 8/18/2008 by Earl Sleek (earlsleek@gmail.com) at The Battle of California
... Still, I think it’s worth writing up a case for the Ducks, though I should take a moment and clarify: in this post I am writing about the hatred of Red Wings fans, not who Ducks fans hate. Detroit’s rival search is much different from Anaheim’s, in that the Wings have been alone in the Central Division for so long that they need to their sights elsewhere. Go see Dan Wood for the Ducks rivalry question (bonus: my answer is in the first comment there)—we’ve still got plenty of options in the Pacific Division, with Detroit and Edmonton thrown in for fun. ...

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