Denver, CO (SportsNetwork.com) – When the Anaheim Ducks open up the 2013-14 season against the Colorado Avalanche Wednesday night, a key veteran free-agent addition will not be in the lineup.<\/p>\n
Dustin Penner, an unrestricted free-agent forward who signed a one-year contract worth $2 million with his former club, was listed as a healthy scratch.<\/p>\n
“We really are counting on Dustin to be a big part of this club,” Ducks head coach Bruce Boudreau said earlier on Wednesday. “And I just think you have to reward certain people for having good training camps and you have to make a point of, if you don’t have a great training camp that this isn’t just given to you.<\/p>\n
“In Dustin’s defense, the last 10 days he’s worked extremely hard. He’s not quite where he wants to be but he’s getting closer, a lot closer than when he first came into camp. (Patrick) Maroon earned the first game.”<\/p>\n
Penner totaled just two goals and 12 assists in 33 regular-season games for the Kings last season, but added three goals and five points in 18 playoff contests. He was a member of the Kings’ Stanley Cup winners in 2012, posting 17 points in 65 regular-season games and 11 points in 20 postseason tilts.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old winger began his career with the Anaheim franchise, making his NHL debut in the 2005-06 season. In his first full season in 2006-07, Penner tallied 29 goals and 45 points while playing in all 82 regular-season games, then helped the Ducks win their first and only Cup with eight points that postseason.<\/p>\n
In other roster news, Anaheim assigned forward Devante Smith-Pelly to Norfolk of the American Hockey League, and activated forward Jakob Silfverberg from injured reserve.<\/p>\n
Silfverberg was acquired in an early July deal which saw Bobby Ryan head to Ottawa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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