2 days until the "Free Agent Frenzy" -- Who are the Ducks targets?

Not a whole lot of time, until the Canada Day rolls around. Time of the year for many hockey fans, and to the NHL general managers who always tend to go shopping for NHL free agents and overpay a lot in the process. This year's free agency consists more of UFA defenceman and goalies, rather than the high-end forwards we're used to see in the 1st of July. Altough there is this one guy called called Ilya Kovalchuk who's pretty good, however there isn't that many teams with the cap space and willingness to spend the incredible amount of cash, that it would take to land the Russian sniper Kovalchuk. Possible destinations could include the Ducks cross-town rivals, the Los Angeles Kings among other teams. The wildest speculation includes Kovalchuk going to Anaheim, and let's just face it, it isn't going to happen. The Ducks desperately need defence, and the free agency is as good a place as any to accomplish that, so let's look for potential UFA defenceman for the Ducks to lure in this Thursday:

Pavel Kubina - 76GP 6G 32A 38P 0+/- 66PIM 22:37 TOI/G

Paul Martin - 22GP 2G 9A 11P 10+/- 2PIM 22:30 TOI/G

Willie Mitchell - 48GP 4G 8A 12P 13+/- 48PIM 22:36 TOI/G

Derek Morris - 76GP 4G 25 29P 2+/- 37PIM 21:25 TOI/G

Andy Sutton - 72GP 5G 8A 13P -10+/- 107PIM 20:24 TOI/G

Toni Lydman - 67GP 4G 16A 20P 10+/- 30PIM 18:51 TOI/G

Henrik Tallinder - 82GP 4G 16A 20P 13+/- 32PIM 20:36 TOI/G

Anton Volchenkov - 64GP 4G 10A 14P 2+/- 38PIM 20:41 TOI/G

Dan Hamhuis - 78GP 5G 19A 24P 4+/- 49PIM 21:15 TOI/G

Jordan Leopold - 81GP 11G 15A 26P -2+/- 28PIM 21:54 TOI/G

Zbynek Michalek - 72GP 3G 14A 17P 5+/- 30PIM 22:38 TOI/G

Well, obviously there is bunch of other defenceman available as well, but those 11 players are the ones that I would like the Ducks to inquire as soon as July 1st rolls around. 2 guys from that list would most definitely upgrade the current Ducks defence, and would make me feel a lot better about our playoff chances next season. One thing is certain, though, if the Ducks decide to play defence this year with only one surefire top4 defenceman (Lubomir Visnovsky), then the end result will probably be the same as it was in the 2009-2010 season. I'm sure Bob Murray knows that too, and I'm really excited to find out what new defenceman will patrol the Ducks blueline this upcoming season.

GO Ducks!