Player Profile: Danny Syvret
With the 2010-11 season quickly approaching, the Anaheim Ducks are looking to fill a couple of open defensive positions. One of likely, young candidates to secure a spot is Danny Syvret who played with the Philadelphia Flyers and the Adirondack Phantoms for 2009-10.
Position: Defense
Height: 5’ 11”
Weight: 203 lbs.
Birthday: June 13th, 1985 – Milgrove, Ontario, Canada
Coming to the Anaheim Ducks as an unrestricted free agent on July 20th of this year, Danny Syvret was signed to a one-year, two-way contract that will pay him $600K at the NHL level and $105K in the AHL.
A former member of the Philadelphia Flyers, Syvret notched his first career NHL goal (the Flyers’ only goal) in Philadelphia’s 2 – 1 loss to the Boston Bruins in the 2010 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic.
Danny Syvret’s 1st Career NHL Goal At The 2010 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic
In 21 games for the Flyers’ during the 2009-10 season, the 25-year old Syvret managed 2 goals
and 2 assists before sustaining a severe should injury in January. The injury, a result of a hit from behind by the Dallas Stars’ Steve Ott, fully separated Syvret’s collar bone and tore ligaments. The shoulder, although completely healed now, features an ugly lump caused by the bones in the shoulder not reconnecting exactly as they should have. Syvret would fight back from the this injury to finish the 2009-10 season in Adirondack with the Phantoms of the AHL but, it did keep out of the Flyers’ line-up for the remainder of the season.
Danny Syvret’s 2nd Career NHL Goal
The Captain of the 2004-05, Memorial Cup winning London Knights of the OHL, Syvret already has ties to the Ducks. Both Perry brothers, Corey and Adam (recently signed to the Syracuse Crunch, the Anaheim Ducks’ AHL affiliate) were also members of that championship team and the three players have remained friends since their time together in Ontario.
Danny Syvret’s Career Stats At NHL.com
My expectations:
In my opinion, Danny has an excellent chance of securing a roster spot with the 2010-11 Anaheim Ducks. I think his style of play and Randy Carlyle’s style of coaching are going to mesh extremely well. I expect a hard fought, inspired training camp from him with the end result being a defensive pairing with Sheldon Brookbank or Brett Festerling as the 3rd or 4th line in the NHL this season.
Quotes from Danny Syvret:
On his shoulder:
“It’s strong and everything, but it looks gross.”
On training camp with the Anaheim Ducks:
“They (the Anaheim Ducks) said they will have their D set for training camp and there will be a spot or two open. That’s one of the spots I have to win in training camp. I feel like I have a good, fair crack at making the team.”
Selly Heddaeus-Robinson
NHLHS Anaheim Ducks Correspondent
SelanneGirl@NHLHotStove.com
Twitter: @SelanneGirl
I find that this is a very interesting article! Very well written. We will see what happens for the Ducks when the season begins, but my pick is the Flyers, and possibly the Rangers??