Ducks’ Daniel Sprong has come a long way in a short time since trade

ANAHEIM — When the Ducks acquired Daniel Sprong from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Dec. 3, the 21-year-old forward went from the seventh-oldest team in the NHL to the 10th-youngest. His clean-shaven face did not mark him as an apprentice. Even before Randy Carlyle slotted him into the Ducks’ top line, Sprong knew he would fit in.
Sprong went from a Pittsburgh roster drowning in talent at right wing at a time when the Ducks badly missed Corey Perry and Patrick Eaves. Five weeks late