Ducks Blog: Niedermayer returning

[Psyblast]

http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?servi...LPage&id=12887

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I'm not going to get into the other topic on the table in Ducks land, but I will say that the buzz around here is that we will be hearing word from Scott Niedermayer as early as tomorrow morning. And while it's well-documented that I don't have a good reputation with this sort of thing, you can book it: He's coming back. And with Scotty coming back, you've got to feel like No. 8 won't be far behind. But let's not count those chickens before they ... have a bird in the hand. Or something like that.

[bad_philanthropy]

The guy is one of those players with the body to play until he's 40 without losing any of his abilities. Statistics wise he wasn't as good in his abridged season, but his skating and abiilty to move the puck were as good as ever. As long as the Ducks have Pronger and Niedermayer patrolling the blueline they'll be a contender. They desperately need a #2 center though. I wouldn't be surprised to see them bring in Pavol Demitra.