2000–01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

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2000–01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division	5th Pacific
Conference	15th Western
2000–01 record	25–41–11–5
Home record	15–20–4–2
Road record	10–21–7–3
Goals for	188
Goals against	245
Team information
General manager	Pierre Gauthier
Coach	Craig Hartsburg (Oct.–Dec.) Guy Charron (Dec.–Apr.)
Captain	Paul Kariya
Alternate captains	Dan Bylsma Steve Rucchin Teemu Selanne (Oct.–Mar.)
Arena	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Average attendance	13,499
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Team leaders
Goals	Paul Kariya (33)
Assists	Oleg Tverdovsky (39)
Points	Paul Kariya (67)
Penalty minutes	Jim Cummins (167)
Plus/minus	Antti Aalto (+1)
Wins	Guy Hebert (12)
Goals against average	Jean-Sebastien Giguere (2.57)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the team's eighth season. The Mighty Ducks failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second year in a row and finished last in the West.

Offseason

After missing the 2000 playoffs by only four points, the Mighty Ducks were quite hopeful to return to the post season. Anaheim was very busy during the summer trading and acquiring a lot prospects and were active on the free agent market as well.

Trying to improve their scoring depth and not relying too much on Kariya and Selanne, the Mighty Ducks signed German Titov and acquired Andrej Nazarov who had a career year in goals (10) and points (31).

Other free agents were Dan Bylsma, Petr Tenkrat as well as Jim Cummins and Kevin Sawyer who were signed to provide the necessary protection for their star players since they lost Stu Grimson to the Kings as a free agent. The team became much more European-based making up half the roster, mainly on their defense (6).

Regular season

The season proved to be very tough as the team never found consistency. The Ducks had a fair start, going 6–4–3–2 until November 4, when the team started having trouble, going winless for five games twice in November, going 2–8–3–1 which led the team to trade Traverse and Nazarov to the Boston Bruins for Samuel Pahlsson on November 18. To make matters even worse, center Steve Rucchin was hit in the face by a shot on November 15 and missed the rest of the season. Despite his absence, the Ducks improved by mid-December, nearing the .500 mark by two games with a 5–3–0–0 record until December 17, but finishing the month 5–7–1–1. Anaheim fired head coach Craig Hartsburg on December 14 after a win against the Blue Jackets, replacing him with assistant coach Guy Charron, though the move did not improve their performance.^[1] Despite this roller coaster ride, the Mighty Ducks still remained in the playoff race with a 14–19–6–4 record by January 5, 2001. On January 10 the Mighty Ducks waived Dominic Roussel, resulting in J. S. Giguere becoming their new backup, believing him and Hebert would carry the team into the playoffs and pass on the torch carefully to a new number one during the season.

But all those hopes were shattered as the Mighty Ducks lost sixteen games by March 2 going 4–16–2–1. During this stretch, Hebert went 0–11–2, losing his starting position to Giguere by February – much sooner than had been expected. Though Hebert did not quite play as well as he had the previous two seasons, much of this was based on the team not giving him the necessary support he needed, as Selanne stated in an interview,^{[citation needed]} expressing his frustrations and disappointment. Hebert faced thirty or more shots almost every game, yet was able to keep his save percentage close to the .900 mark.

The Ducks' longest winning streak was five games in early March, when it was clear the team was not going to make the playoffs. During the winning streak Anaheim sent Teemu Selanne to the Sharks in exchange for Jeff Friesen and Steve Shields. Shields' acquisition ended Hebert's tenure with the Mighty Ducks getting waived and picked up by the New York Rangers on March 7 to replace the injured Mike Richter. A week later, Jason Marshall was traded to Washington on March 13. Shields never dressed for the Ducks that season due to an injury and the team called up Gregg Naumenko to serve behind J. S. Giguere. Anaheim's GM Pierre Gauthier felt very confident and fans would accept the trade once the new arrivals dressed for their new team, calling both moves a huge change and necessary as the team needed to look forward and both players would improve the franchise immediately and long term as well. (SunJournal March 6, 2001)^{[better source needed]} Fans gave management the cold shoulder for a long time since they did not believe the trade nor the waiving of Hebert to be a good move (LA Times, March 12th 2001) - especially Hebert's departure was not well received and made little sense, since Steve Shields was injured and out for the rest of the season, a potential trade of Hebert before the trading deadline at least would have resulted in a draft pick in return.

While Selanne enjoyed much success with San Jose, the same could not be said about Anaheim as the Ducks went 2–6–3 after their five-game winning streak, which had fans and experts worried whether the deal with the Sharks was actually worth it. The Mighty Ducks went 11–22–5–1 in the second half with a lot of open questions about the team's future identity with longtime players Hebert, Marshall and Selanne gone.

The defense was the weak link as the team allowed the second-most goals in the West with 245, behind Chicago with 246. Their goaltending was heavily effected by that, too as Guy Hebert and Dominic Roussel recorded a save percentage below .900 which was the first time in team history. In hopes of more scoring depth and not relying on their first line of Paul Kariya, Teemu Selanne and Steve Rucchin, the acquisitions of Andrei Nazarov and German Titov did not pay off at all as the team was at the bottom in scoring. Marty McInnis rediscovered his scoring touch, Tverdovsky ranked third in team scoring, Mike Leclerc had a very good second season despite missing 28 games. Traverse and Nazarov were traded early in mid-December as both did not live up to their expectations. The European youngsters showed some talent but could not fill the scoring void left by Rucchin, who played only 16 games.

The season marked the start of a new era: in goal, the team waived goaltender Guy Hebert (the last remaining original Mighty Duck from the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft) while focusing on Jean-Sebastien Giguere as their new starter. Their defense lost a valuable cornerstone with Jason Marshall after 6 years. It also marked the breakup of one of the best two forward tandems at the time by trading Teemu Selanne to San Jose without improving the team in scoring.

Final standings

Pacific Division^[2]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Dallas Stars	82	48	24	8	2	241	187	106
2	5	San Jose Sharks	82	40	27	12	3	217	192	95
3	7	Los Angeles Kings	82	38	28	13	3	252	228	92
4	9	Phoenix Coyotes	82	35	27	17	3	214	212	90
5	15	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	25	41	11	5	188	245	66

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	52	16	10	4	270	192	118
2	y – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	49	20	9	4	253	202	111
3	y – Dallas Stars	PAC	82	48	24	8	2	241	187	106
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	43	22	12	5	249	195	103
5	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	40	27	12	3	217	192	95
6	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	39	28	12	3	243	222	93
7	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	38	28	13	3	252	228	92
8	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	36	28	11	7	239	238	90
8.5
9	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	35	27	17	3	214	212	90
10	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	34	36	9	3	186	200	80
11	Calgary Flames	NW	82	27	36	15	4	197	236	73
12	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	29	40	8	5	210	246	71
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	82	28	39	9	6	190	233	71
14	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	25	39	13	5	168	210	68
15	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	25	41	11	5	188	245	66

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

2000–01 regular season^[4]

October: 6–4–1–2 (home: 2–1–0–2; road: 4–3–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	W	October 6, 2000	3–1	Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	1–0–0–0	Recap
2	L	October 8, 2000	1–5	St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	1–1–0–0	Recap
3	OTL	October 11, 2000	2–3 OT	Boston Bruins (2000–01)	1–1–0–1	Recap
4	L	October 14, 2000	2–4	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	1–2–0–1	Recap
5	W	October 16, 2000	4–3	@ New York Rangers (2000–01)	2–2–0–1	Recap
6	W	October 17, 2000	4–3	@ New York Islanders (2000–01)	3–2–0–1	Recap
7	T	October 20, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	3–2–1–1	Recap
8	W	October 21, 2000	4–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	4–2–1–1	Recap
9	OTL	October 23, 2000	4–5 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	4–2–1–2	Recap
10	L	October 25, 2000	2–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	4–3–1–2	Recap
11	W	October 27, 2000	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	5–3–1–2	Recap
12	W	October 29, 2000	6–3	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)	6–3–1–2	Recap
13	L	October 30, 2000	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	6–4–1–2	Recap

November: 2–8–3–1 (home: 1–4–1–0; road: 1–4–2–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
14	T	November 1, 2000	1–1 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	6–4–2–2	Recap
15	T	November 4, 2000	3–3 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)	6–4–3–2	Recap
16	L	November 5, 2000	2–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	6–5–3–2	Recap
17	L	November 8, 2000	2–7	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	6–6–3–2	Recap
18	L	November 11, 2000	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	6–7–3–2	Recap
19	L	November 12, 2000	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	6–8–3–2	Recap
20	L	November 15, 2000	0–3	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	6–9–3–2	Recap
21	W	November 18, 2000	6–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	7–9–3–2	Recap
22	W	November 19, 2000	2–1	New York Islanders (2000–01)	8–9–3–2	Recap
23	L	November 22, 2000	2–5	New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	8–10–3–2	Recap
24	T	November 24, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)	8–10–4–2	Recap
25	L	November 25, 2000	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	8–11–4–2	Recap
26	L	November 28, 2000	1–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	8–12–4–2	Recap
27	OTL	November 30, 2000	2–3 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	8–12–4–3	Recap

December: 5–7–1–1 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 1–5–1–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
28	W	December 3, 2000	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	9–12–4–3	Recap
29	L	December 5, 2000	0–1	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	9–13–4–3	Recap
30	L	December 6, 2000	2–5	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	9–14–4–3	Recap
31	W	December 8, 2000	1–0 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	10–14–4–3	Recap
32	L	December 10, 2000	0–1	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	10–15–4–3	Recap
33	W	December 13, 2000	5–4 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	11–15–4–3	Recap
34	W	December 15, 2000	6–4	New York Rangers (2000–01)	12–15–4–3	Recap
35	W	December 17, 2000	3–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	13–15–4–3	Recap
36	L	December 20, 2000	2–4	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)	13–16–4–3	Recap
37	OTL	December 22, 2000	1–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	13–16–4–4	Recap
38	L	December 23, 2000	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	13–17–4–4	Recap
39	L	December 27, 2000	1–3	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)	13–18–4–4	Recap
40	T	December 28, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)	13–18–5–4	Recap
41	L	December 31, 2000	2–3	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	13–19–5–4	Recap

January: 2–10–1–0 (home: 1–6–1–0; road: 1–4–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
42	W	January 3, 2001	3–2 OT	Florida Panthers (2000–01)	14–19–5–4	Recap
43	T	January 5, 2001	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	14–19–6–4	Recap
44	L	January 10, 2001	2–4	St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	14–20–6–4	Recap
45	L	January 12, 2001	0–4	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	14–21–6–4	Recap
46	L	January 14, 2001	0–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	14–22–6–4	Recap
47	L	January 15, 2001	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	14–23–6–4	Recap
48	W	January 17, 2001	5–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)	15–23–6–4	Recap
49	L	January 19, 2001	3–4	Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	15–24–6–4	Recap
50	L	January 21, 2001	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	15–25–6–4	Recap
51	L	January 24, 2001	0–5	Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	15–26–6–4	Recap
52	L	January 26, 2001	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	15–27–6–4	Recap
53	L	January 27, 2001	1–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	15–28–6–4	Recap
54	L	January 31, 2001	0–3	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	15–29–6–4	Recap

February: 3–5–2–1 (home: 2–4–2–0; road: 1–1–0–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
55	W	February 1, 2001	4–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	16–29–6–4	Recap
56	L	February 7, 2001	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	16–30–6–4	Recap
57	L	February 9, 2001	3–4	Washington Capitals (2000–01)	16–31–6–4	Recap
58	T	February 11, 2001	2–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	16–31–7–4	Recap
59	T	February 14, 2001	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	16–31–8–4	Recap
60	OTL	February 16, 2001	2–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)	16–31–8–5	Recap
61	W	February 19, 2001	6–2	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	17–31–8–5	Recap
62	W	February 21, 2001	1–0	San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	18–31–8–5	Recap
63	L	February 23, 2001	1–3	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	18–32–8–5	Recap
64	L	February 25, 2001	2–5	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	18–33–8–5	Recap
65	L	February 28, 2001	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	18–34–8–5	Recap

March: 6–5–2–0 (home: 4–1–0–0; road: 2–4–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
66	L	March 2, 2001	2–5	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	18–35–8–5	Recap
67	W	March 4, 2001	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	19–35–8–5	Recap
68	W	March 7, 2001	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	20–35–8–5	Recap
69	W	March 9, 2001	3–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	21–35–8–5	Recap
70	W	March 11, 2001	1–0 OT	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	22–35–8–5	Recap
71	W	March 13, 2001	2–0	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)	23–35–8–5	Recap
72	L	March 14, 2001	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	23–36–8–5	Recap
73	L	March 16, 2001	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	23–37–8–5	Recap
74	W	March 18, 2001	4–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	24–37–8–5	Recap
75	L	March 21, 2001	0–8	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)	24–38–8–5	Recap
76	T	March 24, 2001	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	24–38–9–5	Recap
77	L	March 29, 2001	4–7	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	24–39–9–5	Recap
78	T	March 30, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	24–39–10–5	Recap

April: 1–2–1–0 (home: 1–2–0–0; road: 0–0–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
79	W	April 1, 2001	2–1	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	25–39–10–5	Recap
80	T	April 4, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	25–39–11–5	Recap
81	L	April 6, 2001	2–5	Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	25–40–11–5	Recap
82	L	April 8, 2001	1–4	San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	25–41–11–5	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
9	Paul Kariya	LW	66	33	34	67	−9	20
8	Teemu Selanne‡	RW	61	26	33	59	−8	36
10	Oleg Tverdovsky	D	82	14	39	53	−11	32
16	Marty McInnis	RW	75	20	22	42	−21	40
17	Matt Cullen	C	82	10	30	40	−23	38
15	Tony Hrkac	C	80	13	25	38	0	29
12	Mike Leclerc	LW	54	15	20	35	−1	26
13	German Titov	LW	71	9	11	20	−21	61
18	Petr Tenkrat	RW	46	5	9	14	−11	16
28	Niclas Havelid	D	47	4	10	14	−6	34
11	Jeff Friesen†	LW	15	2	10	12	−2	10
19	Jim Cummins	RW	79	5	6	11	−11	167
25	Mike Crowley†	D	39	1	10	11	−16	20
5^[a]	Vitaly Vishnevski	D	76	1	10	11	−1	99
27	Pascal Trepanier	D	57	6	4	10	−12	73
21	Dan Bylsma	LW	82	1	9	10	−12	22
20	Steve Rucchin	C	16	3	5	8	−5	0
7	Pavel Trnka	D	59	1	7	8	−12	42
29	Ladislav Kohn‡	RW	51	4	3	7	−15	42
32	Marc Chouinard	C	44	3	4	7	−5	12
23	Jason Marshall‡	D	50	3	4	7	−12	105
26	Samuel Pahlsson†	C	59	3	4	7	−9	14
24	Ruslan Salei	D	50	1	5	6	−14	70
22	Jonas Ronnqvist	RW	38	0	4	4	−7	14
14	Antti Aalto	C	12	1	1	2	1	2
40^[b]	Antti-Jussi Niemi	D	28	1	1	2	−6	22
35	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	G	34	0	2	2		8
11^[c]	Andy McDonald	C	16	1	0	1	0	6
26	Andrei Nazarov‡	RW	16	1	0	1	−9	29
3	Patrick Traverse‡	D	15	1	0	1	−6	6
46	Kevin Sawyer	LW	9	0	1	1	−1	27
31	Guy Hebert‡	G	41	0	0	0		0
1	Gregg Naumenko	G	2	0	0	0		2
30	Dominic Roussel‡	G	13	0	0	0		0
37	Bob Wren	C	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltending

‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.

No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
31	Guy Hebert‡	41	12	23	4	1112	115	3.12	.897	2	2215
35	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	34	11	17	5	976	87	2.57	.911	4	2031
30	Dominic Roussel‡	13	2	5	2	295	31	2.85	.895	0	653
1	Gregg Naumenko	2	0	1	0	29	7	6.00	.759	0	70

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Paul Kariya^[d]	^[6]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Jonas Ronnqvist	October 6, 2000	^[7]
	Antti-Jussi Niemi	October 25, 2000
	Andy McDonald	November 12, 2000
	Petr Tenkrat	November 30, 2000
	Marc Chouinard	December 15, 2000
	Gregg Naumenko	March 21, 2001

Transactions

The Mighty Ducks were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.^[8]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 12, 2000 (2000-06-12)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Patrick Traverse	To Ottawa Senators Joel Kwiatkowski	^[9]
June 12, 2000 (2000-06-12)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 7th-round pick in 2001	To New Jersey Devils Ed Ward	^[10]
June 24, 2000 (2000-06-24)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 2nd-round pick in 2000	To Montreal Canadiens 3rd-round pick in 2000 4th-round pick in 2000 5th-round pick in 2000	^[8]
June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Rights to Jonathan Hedstrom	To Toronto Maple Leafs 6th-round pick in 2000 7th-round pick in 2000	^[11]
September 26, 2000 (2000-09-26)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Andrei Nazarov 2nd-round pick in 2001	To Calgary Flames Rights to Jordan Leopold	^[12]
November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Samuel Pahlsson	To Boston Bruins Andrei Nazarov Patrick Traverse	^[13]
February 9, 2001 (2001-02-09)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Scott Langkow Sergei Vyshedkevich	To Atlanta Thrashers Ladislav Kohn	^[14]
March 5, 2001 (2001-03-05)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Jeff Friesen Steve Shields Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2003	To San Jose Sharks Teemu Selanne^[e]	^[15]
March 13, 2001 (2001-03-13)	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Alexei Tezikov 4th-round pick in 2001	To Washington Capitals Jason Marshall	^[16]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
June 13, 2000 (2000-06-13)	Jarrett Smith	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)	multi-year	Free agency	^[17]
July 1, 2000 (2000-07-01)	German Titov	Edmonton Oilers	3-year	Free agency	^[18]
July 5, 2000 (2000-07-05)	Jim Cummins	Montreal Canadiens	1-year	Free agency	^[19]
July 13, 2000 (2000-07-13)	Dan Bylsma	Los Angeles Kings	1-year^[f]	Free agency	^[20]
July 13, 2000 (2000-07-13)	Kevin Sawyer	Phoenix Coyotes	2-year	Free agency	^[20]
July 20, 2000 (2000-07-20)	Chris O'Sullivan	Vancouver Canucks	1-year	Free agency	^[21]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[g]	Ref
N/A	Lloyd Shaw	Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[23]
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)	Ladislav Benysek	Minnesota Wild	Expansion draft	^[24]
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)	Jeff Nielsen	Minnesota Wild	Expansion draft	^[24]
July 3, 2000 (2000-07-03)	Kevin Haller	New York Islanders	Free agency (V)	^[25]
July 5, 2000 (2000-07-05)	Scott Ferguson	Edmonton Oilers	Free agency (VI)	^[26]
July 6, 2000 (2000-07-06)	Stu Grimson	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (III)	^[27]
August 11, 2000 (2000-08-11)	Peter Leboutillier	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (VI)	^[28]
August 17, 2000 (2000-08-17)	Ted Donato	Dallas Stars	Free agency (III)	^[29]
September 5, 2000 (2000-09-05)	Frank Banham	Espoo Blues (Liiga)	Free agency (VI)	^[30]
September 11, 2000 (2000-09-11)	Tom Askey	Rochester Americans (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[31]
September 24, 2000 (2000-09-24)	Kip Miller	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency (UFA)	^[32]
September 25, 2000 (2000-09-25)	Jeremy Stevenson	Nashville Predators	Free agency (VI)	^[33]
October 3, 2000 (2000-10-03)	Corey Hirsch	Portland Pirates (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[34]
October 5, 2000 (2000-10-05)	Tony Tuzzolino	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[35]
October 16, 2000 (2000-10-16)	Chad Wagner	San Diego Gulls (WCHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[36]
October 27, 2000 (2000-10-27)	Blaine Russell	Columbus Cottonmouths (CHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[37]
January 10, 2001 (2001-01-10)	Dominic Roussel	Edmonton Oilers	Waivers	^[38]
March 7, 2001 (2001-03-07)	Guy Hebert	New York Rangers	Waivers	^[39]
April 26, 2001 (2001-04-26)	Antti Aalto	Jokerit (Liiga)	Free agency	^[40]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 6, 2000 (2000-07-06)	Peter Podhradsky	3-year	Entry-level	^[8]
July 13, 2000 (2000-07-13)	Dean Malkoc	1-year	Re-signing	^[20]
July 14, 2000 (2000-07-14)	Jonas Ronnqvist	2-year	Entry-level	^[41]
July 25, 2000 (2000-07-25)	Marc Chouinard	1-year	Re-signing	^[42]
July 25, 2000 (2000-07-25)	Marty McInnis	1-year	Re-signing	^[42]
July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27)	Mike Leclerc	1-year	Re-signing	^[43]
July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31)	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	1-year	Re-signing	^[44]
August 7, 2000 (2000-08-07)	Patrick Traverse	1-year	Arbitration award	^[45]
August 11, 2000 (2000-08-11)	Ladislav Kohn	1-year	Arbitration award	^[28]
August 16, 2000 (2000-08-16)	Antti Aalto	1-year	Arbitration award	^[46]
September 5, 2000 (2000-09-05)	Matt Cullen	1-year	Re-signing	^[47]
September 15, 2000 (2000-09-15)	Oleg Tverdovsky	3-year	Re-signing	^[48]
December 7, 2000 (2000-12-07)	Mike Crowley	1-year^[f]	Re-signing	^[49]
March 8, 2001 (2001-03-08)	Marty McInnis	3-year	Extension	^[50]

Draft picks

Anaheim's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.^[51]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	12	Alexei Smirnov	Russia	THK Tver (Russia)
2	44	Ilya Bryzgalov	Russia	Lada Togliatti (Russia)
4	98	Jonas Ronnqvist	Sweden	Lulea HF (Sweden)
5	134	Peter Podhradsky	Slovakia	Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
5	153	Bill Cass	United States	Boston College (ECAC)

Farm teams

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks ( shared with the Detroit Red Wings )

Notes

^ Vishnevski wore number 6 through January 5.
^ After wearing number 40 in his first game, Niemi wore number 25 in his next four games before switching back.
^ McDonald wore number 48 in his first game.
^ Kariya was voted to the starting lineup.^[5]
^ Anaheim agreed to pay a portion of Selanne’s salary on the final year of his contract in 2001–02.
^ ^a ^b Club option for a second year.
^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[22]

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