Mighty Duck: Anaheim announces surprising news about star wing

The Ducks have made a pair of roster moves in advance of their game Saturday night versus Toronto.  The team announced that winger Alex Killorn has been activated off IR.  To make room on the roster, winger Brock McGinn has been placed on IR retroactive to Feb. 10 with an upper-body injury.

Killorn is in his first season with Anaheim after signing a four-year, $25M contract with them back in July.  However, it’s been a campaign riddled with injuries.  The 34-year-old fractured his finger in the preseason, causing him to miss the first month of the season.  Then last month, he underwent arthroscopic knee surgery.  Fortunately for him and the Ducks, Killorn recovered more quickly than anticipated as he was supposed to miss four to six weeks and came back a little before the four-week mark.

In between recovering from those injuries, Killorn got off to a decent start offensively with his new club, collecting 19 points in 34 games.  While those numbers are down from a year ago, it would have been unrealistic for Anaheim to expect Killorn to beat his career-best numbers from a much deeper Tampa Bay team in his first year with a rebuilding club that was expected to be near the bottom of the league in the goal department.

As for McGinn, he last played back on Jan. 25, making the placement back to Feb. 10 a bit of an odd choice.  However, since the placement has been dated back by a week, he’s eligible to be activated at any time.  The 30-year-old has had a limited role this season, suiting up in just 24 games where he has three points in 37 hits while averaging just over 11 minutes per game.