These articles from the day the to-be Ducks franchise was announced are a fascinating look back.
Earlier this afternoon Hall of Fame Los Angeles Times writer Helene Elliott dipped back in to the Times vault to share a pair of stories that ran in the December 11, 1992 edition reacting to the announcement of the Orange County hockey franchise that has become the Anaheim Ducks.
It's quite a snapshot to read both takes from Mike Penner and Mike Downey, with one throwing the inciting hot take bombs that seems to characterize the modern 'everything is an argument' media, and another with remarkably prescient sense about where the franchise would ultimately go.