Jonas Hiller

, since the Ducks acquired young goalie Justin Pogge in the off-season from the Leafs and youngster Jonas Hiller has pretty much nabbed the starting job from Giguere.  A change of scenery may be exactly what the big goalie needs in order to get his game back on track.  With a former NHL All-Star coming in to take a lot of the workload in Toronto, Jonas “The Monster” Gustavsson can learn from the tutelage of a sound NHL goaltender. 

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the Ducks' Stanley Cup Championship in 2007.  But a mediocre season in 2008-09 saw 27-year old Jonas Hiller steal the Orange County spotlight.

Hiller flew out of the gates in 2008 and took the starting job in Anaheim before Giguere could even get in any groove.  The Swiss goalie racked up a 2.39 GAA with an impressive .919 save percentage in 46 games played.  He then was named the starter for the Ducks in the playoffs, and was lights out in the first round.  Hiller and the eighth-seeded Ducks upset the first overall San Jose Sharks, then took the Semi-Final Series with Detroit to 7 games, losing in Detroit.  In the 13 total games played, Jonas accumulated a .943 save percentage, which was still tops in the league as Pittsburgh skated around with the Stanley Cup. 

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okbank and the speed of Brett Festerling, the Ducks still hone a strong defensive battery.  If Jonas Hiller can recreate his magic from the 2009 playoffs, the Anaheim Ducks might have the

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