Duck Coach Trying to Find Right Formula

The Mighty Duck training camp is full of strangers and unproven scorers, so Coach Ron Wilson spent part of his summer trying to dream up line combinations.

Now he has to try them to see if any of the theories work with players attached.

The top line he envisioned combines his most proven NHL scorers--center Anatoli Semenov and right wing Terry Yake--with left wing Stu Grimson, a former Chicago Blackhawk enforcer, who has only three goals in his career.

“I like the combination of toughness and finesse--two finesse players and one rugged individual,” Wilson said.

Yake, 24, is coming off a breakthrough season with 53 points for Hartford last season. Semenov, 31, had 49 points for two teams.