How Ryan Strome sold the Anaheim Ducks as a destination team by helping it become one

ANAHEIM, Calif. – A bittersweet moment it might have been for Ryan Strome to score Saturday night against the Anaheim Ducks, the team that sent him to the Calgary Flames at the trade deadline just as it was finally built into the playoff club general manager Pat Verbeek intends it to be for years.It was sweet. The breakaway goal he scored in the second period made for his 500th career point and helped the Flames to a 5-3 victory, sending the Ducks to their fifth straight defeat that also kept them from regaining first place in the Pacific Division.Advertisement