Jonas Hiller

Hockey fans favorite time of year are drawing ever closer. The Stanley Cup Playoffs. Athletes and fans of all sports alike have time and time again agreed on one thing, there is no trophy in all of professional sports more difficult to claim than the Stanley Cup. Four grueling rounds in best of seven play. One of last years showcased talents was Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Antti Niemi (pictured). A virtually unknown goalie that made his statement early, and made it known.

As the dust settles on an NHL-wide two-week trading frenzy, the Ducks find themselves with a beefed up blue-line thanks to the re-acquisition of defenseman Francois Beauchemin and more forward depth in left wingers Jarkko Ruutu and Brad Winchester.

Tragically, they also find themselves with two new goaltenders in Dan Ellis and Ray Emery.

The NHL trade deadline is only a little over a week away. Many teams have suffered significant losses due to injury. Many of these injuries have fallen on high-profile players, a worst-case scenario for their teams.

These teams will need to make some moves if they hope to regain momentum going into the playoff stretch.

Here are the top 10 injuries that will have the most significant impact on this year's trade deadline.

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For the Anaheim Ducks, Tuesday's 3-2 triumph over Columbus was the perfect way to end their four-game road trip before a much-deserved All-Star break.  

Anaheim absolutely struggled on the most recent series of away games, with all three of their wins coming with just a one-goal difference in the final score, two of the three wins coming in shootouts.  

Some clear standouts from this week-long road-trip included goalie, Jonas Hiller, Bobby Ryan, Corey Perry, and Teemu Selanne.

After going 5-1 on their most recent home stand, the Anaheim Ducks began the second half of the season about as well as one could have hoped.

Despite the injury to captain Ryan Getzlaf, the Ducks have battled hard and are beginning to string together wins.

After Anaheim dropped the first three games of the regular season, they have slowly clawed their way back from that 15th ranking in the West with a 2-0-1 record in the most recent three games.

It's easy to recognize the talent level of the Anaheim Ducks; however, they are searching for an identity.

This is a 30 part series that my partner Joseph Trenton (Canucks writer at MTRMedia) and I will be doing. This will be a team by team fantasy analysis that will bring you predictions for 23 players on each team for all the main categories.

My predictions along with the format:

All predictions are based on if the player were to play all 82 games.

Player Format = G-A-P

Welcome to the third edition of the top 20 fantasy goaltenders. Today I will be ranking 11-15.

11. Cam Ward (CAR)

Last year's stats: Wins: 18 / GAA: 2.69 / SV%: .916

The Hurricanes didn't have a very good season last year, but with a healthy Cam Ward and Eric Staal and the additions of Anton Babchuk and Joe Corvo on the blue line, they should do just fine.

12. Jonathan Quick (LA)

Last year's stats: Wins: 39 / GAA: 2.54 / SV%: .907

Last Nights Record: 4-1
Record for the week: 9-4

Last night I was one overtime goal away from being perfect. The issue is there are only four games for tonight. So here are my picks.

Minnesota Wild at Columbus Blue Jackets