Worst FA Signing of All Time

[Ducksforcup]

Only want to talk about UFA's that chose to sign here from other teams. Figured this might be a fun list to make.

This list certainly isn't comprehensive.

I also have a bias, as I only really started watching in 2003...so any names before then I might have missed.

 

[Trojans86]

I absolutely hated the Bieksa signing.

 

[McDonald19]

Recency bias says Shatt wins this easily.

 

[Static]

Fedorov
Bertuzzi
Shattenkirk

 

[Ducksforcup]

I absolutely hated the Bieksa signing.

I did not include it, since it was a trade and sign from what I remember.

But yeah, wasn't the biggest fan myself.

 

[Ducksforcup]

As bad as Shatternkirk is, I hated the Bertuzzi signing from Day 1. I was done with Burke after that.

 

[Duck Off]

Bertuzzi. It was a massive overpayment and it crippled us financially. There’s been some bad ones but that was the worst.

trading a 2nd for Bieksa is up there with the worst moves, but free agent signings? Bertuzzi

 

[Paul4587]

Bieksa and Shattenkirk for me. Bertuzzi was bad but only was a 2 year deal. Fedorov was disappointing but was still a movable contract and he was an elite talent even if he underperformed.

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

I think its Bert. But that Heater is even included kind of says a lot lol.

 

[AngelDuck]

Souray
Bertuzzi
Shatt

 

[Deuce22]

Bieksa needs to be on the list. Hard to say Shattenkirk because of small sample but it doesn't look promising. Sutton was putrid.

 

[Goose of Reason]

Wow I completely forgot that Heatley was briefly a Duck

A lot of these guys came just before I was able to watch every game like I am now, so I'm voting Other just to see the results.

And while I agree that Bieksa shouldn't count since he was technically re-signed, **** Kevin Bieksa. Great analyst, horrible player.

 

[AngelDuck]

Bieksa was not an FA guys

 

[GibsonIsGod96]

We lost Theodore because of Bieksa... thats my answer

 

[Static]

We lost Theodore because of Bieksa... thats my answer

We lost andy mcdonald and likely a second shot at a cup because of bertuzzi. Mac on that 2009 team and we probably go all the way. Instead, andrew ebbett...

 

[Ducksforcup]

We lost andy mcdonald and likely a second shot at a cup because of bertuzzi.

Oh lord that reminds me of Doug Weight's tenure as a Duck.

A tenure I'd very soon rather forget.

 

[The Duck Knight]

We lost Theodore because of Bieksa... thats my answer

If Bieksa is to be trusted we actually didn't. We lost Theo because BM didn't want to move Vatanen the previous year.

 

[Big Fat Rebound]

Andy Sutton is a memory lol I completely forgot he existed. Bryan Allen also gets a vote from me for failing to mark Marian Gaborik in front of the net at the end of Game 1.

But yes, Bertuzzi is the winner for me as well, especially because the Andy Mac trade tanked Giggy emotionally for a bit.

 

[Frosted Tips]

Didn't Heatley sign a short deal with little money? I don't think it was a bad signing although it obviously didn't work out.

 

[Boo Boo]

Eaves doesn’t really qualify but that one is frustrating. Played the minimum amount of games needed to bump the second round pick we traded up to a first. Then got injured, signed for a few years and played like 35 games for us over the course of 3 seasons here

 

[Masch78]

A lot of bad signings, like in every org. The Shattenkirk overlap is pure emotion based on time. There where way bader signings.

 

[Terry Yake]

bertuzzi
morrison
shattenkirk

 

[MMC]

Why is Heatley an option? He only signed for 1 year, $1 million, sure he sucked but it was completely inconsequential.

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

Didn't Heatley sign a short deal with little money? I don't think it was a bad signing although it obviously didn't work out.

It more or less goes to show how few truly bad signings we've seen here. Like there's a couple on this list(Horcoff, Prospal) that weren't even bad.

 

[Terry Yake]

totally forgot about prospal's one season in anaheim. definitely disappointing but then again, everyone on that 03-04 team was disappointing