Best Rumor Ever: A Mighty Ducks 4 Is In The Works

BarDown – People, the day we’ve been waiting for has finally come — sort of. It seems as if the long awaited fourth installment in the Mighty Ducks franchise is in the works. While speaking on the “Quack Attack” podcast, Matt Doherty — the man we all know as Averman — spilled the beans, stating that a sequel to D3 is “definitely” in the works.

When asked if he knew any info on whether or not the film was in the midst of production at this point in time, Doherty stated that “I do know that there are definitely people that are working on that.”

Well this is officially the best day of my life. The greatest movie series in movie history is finally (maybe possibly) getting its fourth installment. Quack quack quack quack quack.

Now I realize that there are plenty of way that the Mighty Ducks D4 could go wrong. Especially if they bring in an entirely new cast of characters. But the Mighty Ducks is better than that. They know not to mess with greatness. And aside from Joshua Jackson who got that dope gig in Dawson’s Creek, I’m pretty sure the rest of the cast is really hurting for work right now so let’s cross our fingers that we finally break Goldberg out of his slump. Now obviously the best way to do this would be to have the team all get back together to compete in some big Beer League Tournament. Have Charlie round up the gang again like he did in D2 only this time he’s showing up to Guy Germaine’s house and there are hookers and blow everywhere. Fulton is living in a trailer park. Averman is a Rabbi and Goldberg is anchored down by his fat ass wife and his fat ass kids just looking for any excuse to get out of the house. Maybe make Bombay a drunk again and he comes back to coach them and voila, you’ve got yourself an A+ straight-to-Netflix comedy on your hands. That’s a movie I could watch every day of the week and twice on a Suday. Just a bunch of washed up Ducks playing in a Beer League tournament trying to regain any sense of the glory days. So here’s to hoping that this doesn’t turn out to be some cheesy new story line where Charlie becomes a Pee-Wee coach and starts the series all over again. Give the people what they want, writers and directors of the Mighty Ducks. Give us what we deserve. Give us the old gang back.

While we’re on the topic of how life after hockey has gone for certain players on the Ducks, I figured I’d break down who was probably able to make it to the NHL and who most certainly was not. So let’s have at it.

The Definites:

Adam Banks – Banksy 10000% made it to the show. Hands-down, no doubts about it. The kid was probably a no. 1 overall draft. A once in a lifetime type of talent who was lucky enough to be taken from grips of Coach Riley in the first movie. If Banks didn’t get swindled in to playing for District 5, he would have had the same fortune as Bombay. Not even a has-been, a never-was.

Guy Germaine – Most of this is in the name. No way does that hockey name not make its way to the league. His parents knew exactly what they were doing. Plus he had some solid flow, and stellar game with the ladies. Germaine was probably a late 1st round pick, ditched Connie, grabbed a new squeeze and played a couple 60-game seasons. Not a bad life, but nothing like the Banks show.

The Maybe’s:

Dean Portman – Out of the Bash Brothers, Portman definitely had the most upside. Sure, Fulton had the shot but so do most blueliners in the league. Portman was more of a badass, less of a liability, and an overall better fit for the game. Once he settles down and stops taking so many dumb penalties just to have an excuse to strip in the box, he could be a perfect 4th liner with penalty killing responsibilities.

Luis Mendoza – Going out on a limb here and saying once Luis learns how to stop on a consistent basis, he could be one of the most dangerous players in the game. Seriously, if you give this kid some open ice to work on, he’s gonna make you pay. A name that comes to mind here would be Pavel Bure. But he’s a latino and we’ll just go with Pablo Bure. If I’m an NHL scout, I at least give him a shot to see what kind of damage he can do.

Charlie Conway – Here’s the thing. I could never tell if Charlie was any good or not. The kid was a spazoid in the original, he was a healthy-scratch for the gold medal game in D2, and he was a total headcase for most of D3. But somehow he always managed to find ways to win and be a leader of the team. Besides bailing on the team in D3, I’d say Conway is the type of locker room guy a team needs. Not sure if that initially gets you into the league or not, but hey, he has a chance.

The Probably-Not’s:

Dwayne Robertson – Cowboy Dwayne has hands for days. He has mitts of a Russian, and the passion of a North American. That’s a solid combo for sure. But no chance does the cowboy have the type of work ethic to make his way out of college hockey. He probably got his degree and moved back South only to be horribly disappointed by the Dallas Stars new uniforms and choice of captain.

Lester Averman – Good player? Sure. Annoying as all hell? Absolutely. Averman gets on everybody’s nerves. The type of guy who gets a stick to the mouth from dudes like Steve Downie during his first year of juniors and decides to hang up the skates for good. He does taxes now.

Fulton Reed – For such a big guy, Fulton always seemed so fragile. He always needed to cling on to somebody, i.e. when he left the team with Charlie in D3. Once you take Fulton away from his little Duck friends, he doesn’t have the stability to be the same Fulton anymore. Probably got cut from the next team he played for. Sucks, but it’s the truth.

Kenny Wu – Undersized and pretty strange. Skills for days, but he would get bullied by Gerbe.

The Definitely Not’s:

Russ Tyler – All he had was a knuckle-puck. That is the dumbest shot in history. It takes way too long to set up and has no chance of fooling any actual tendy. Get out of here.

Julie the Cat – U.S. Women’s Olympic team? For sure. NHL roster? For sure not.

Connie Moreau – Fell off the wagon after Guy Germaine broke her heart. Nobody has seen her in a while.

Goldberg – Completely forgot about Goldberg when this list was being made. That just goes to show how forgetful he is when it comes to dissecting actual talent. Funny guy, but too fat and slow.

And here’s my thesis on why Gordon Bombay was the greatest coach of all time. Have yourselves a Friday. Quack quack quack.