Former Ducks forward Patrick Maroon on the other side of a Game 7 with Oilers
EDMONTON — Patrick Maroon would like nothing more than to extend his former team’s Game 7 woes another year.
The Anaheim Ducks traded Maroon to the Edmonton Oilers at the 2016 trade deadline for a fourth-round draft pick and a prospect. The Ducks even swallowed a quarter of his cap hit for two seasons to send him out the door, according to CapFriendly.com.
The 29-year-old winger doesn’t regret landing in Edmonton, but when the only NHL team you’ve played for says your services are no longer required, there’s an element of “I’ll show you” when you face it in a high-stakes game.
And the stakes are stratospheric Wednesday in Anaheim, where the winner advances to the NHL’s Western Conference final against the Nashville Predators.