Trevor Zegras became an instant fan favorite in his first season with the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Long Island native returned to the East Coast and brought the sunshine of Anaheim with him. He put up 41 points in as many games to start last season, hanging up the phone on his former team to cap off the first half.
Things were hit and miss from there, with Zegras and the Flyers getting hot again in March and April to make the playoffs, a first for the forward and a first for Philadel...
The Carolina Hurricanes have lifted the 2026 Stanley Cup. The Toronto Maple Leafs (and Justin Bieber) have selected Gavin McKenna No. 1 overall in the 2026 NHL draft. The Ducks have matched the Flyers' gutsy offer sheet for Leo Carlsson, making him the highest-paid player in the league.
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Despite that they’ve only been around for 33 years, the Anaheim Ducks sure do like taking a walk down memory lane. After he spent parts of six seasons with the…
The Philadelphia Flyers were stymied in their attempt to land top young center Leo Carlsson after the massive $18M AAV offer sheet they signed him to was matched by the Anaheim Ducks. But that, apparently, does not mean that GM Danny Briere is done trying to make a splashy move. In fact, he told the media recently that he'd still like to land a "big-time player" to bolster the power play: Daniel Briere on potentially adding a big-name player to improve the Philadelphia Flyers' power play...
The Anaheim Ducks have named Dave Manson head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate, the San Diego Gulls.
Following the contracts signed by Leo Carlsson and Connor Bedard, the attention shifts to the remaining RFAs. Notably, Cutter Gauthier is without a contract, and with rumors circulating, narrowing down what his next contract with the Anaheim Ducks could look like is a difficult task.
The following is a guest post by Monika, who is known in Oilersnation YouTube chats as Mr. Burns. As Game 6 of the series against the Ducks came to an end, my disappointment had two sides. The first, obviously, was the game itself, and the lingering question of whether this team will ever get it…
The Chicago Blackhawks have locked down 21-year-old phenom Connor Bedard. Chicago announced Saturday that they have signed Bedard to a five-year contract extension worth $75 million ($15 million AAV). Bedard will be the third-highest-paid player in the NHL next year, behind just Anaheim Ducks center Leo Carlsson ($18 million) and Minnesota Wild winger Kirill Kaprizov
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It's been over a week since the Anaheim Ducks matched the blockbuster $18M AAV Leo Carlsson offer sheet, setting a new standard for what young star players are worth in this market. But things have been eerily quiet on the Adam Fantilli front since then. The Columbus Blue Jackets' young center was selected at No. 3, right after Carlsson, in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, and has posted similar numbers to this point in their short careers.
Is there an offer sheet coming for Fantilli? Or will...
Less than 48 hours after signing one former Anaheim Duck to a four-year deal days before a scheduled arbitration hearing, the Philadelphia Flyers ran it back. This time, Jamie Drysdale…
Looks like the Flyers got all of their (former) Ducks in a row. Two days after Signing Trevor Zegras to […]
Anaheim Ducks GM Pat Verbeek didn't get Leo Carlsson signed to an extension last July when he became eligible. Or anytime before or during the past season. The Philadelphia Flyers swooped in this June with an unheard-of, record-breaking $18 million AAV offer sheet, and the rest is history. The Ducks were forced to match. We're learning now from insider Elliotte Friedman , on NHL Network, that the Ducks' first extension offer to Carlsson, before last season, a couple of months after he wa...
There have been a lot of blockbuster moments in this wild NHL offseason, but the record-breaking $18 million AAV offer sheet that the Philadelphia Flyers signed Leo Carlsson to takes the cake. The ramifications it will have on the league's salary structure moving forward are astronomical. As we all know by now, the Anaheim Ducks eventually did match the five-year, $90M offer sheet. Flyers GM Danny Briere spoke publicly today on a Zoom call with media about his eye-popping move for the fi...
Steve Yzerman stepping away as Red Wings GM has some observers wondering if Dylan Larkin will rescind his trade request. Meanwhile, the Anaheim Ducks could find the cost of re-signing Cutter Gauthier to be much higher than expected.
The Anaheim Ducks‘ contract talks with Cutter Gauthier appear headed for a difficult negotiation after Leo Carlsson reset the franchise’s salary structure. NHL analyst Keith Yandle believes Gauthier has no intention of accepting a deal below Carlsson’s record-setting contract. Speaking…
With the 2026 NHL Draft behind us, let's take a look back at some of the greatest selections in NHL history. In this piece, we will name the greatest draft pick of all time from each of the 32 NHL teams. However, to make this a bit more difficult, we will only include names who […]
Kyle Dubas mentioned earlier this offseason that if the Pittsburgh Penguins are not able to complete a major, blockbuster move, they might need to focus on rebuilding this thing brick, by boring brick. That can take on a lot of different forms, and one of them for the Penguins under Dubas has been their willingness […]
Victory+ picked a bad Wednesday to have a bad Wednesday. The Ducks are the second team to walk away from the streaming platform within hours, and the exit comes with two years still remaining on Anaheim’s contract. According to a report from Sports Business Journal’s Alex Silverman, the Ducks have notified Victory+ – who has…
Anaheim selected Nordmark with the 28th overall pick of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.
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The Anaheim Ducks made a major statement this past Thursday. It came with the decision to match the Leo Carlsson offer sheet from the Philadelphia Flyers. The new deal for Carlsson is set to be for five years at a record-breaking $18 million a year. It shows what new-age NHL contracts will look like and […]
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With the Anaheim Ducks deciding to match their offer sheet for Leo Carlsson, the Philadelphia Flyers still have $29 million in salary cap space burning a hole in their pocket. They will be handing a chunk of that money to their two big remaining restricted free agents, Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale. But with both players having arbitration hearings set for the second half of this month, will they come to agreements before that or will they be letting a third-party decide? With more fi...
Anaheim Ducks center Leo Carlsson cashed in a lottery ticket from the Philadelphia Flyers that paid him an average annual value of $18 million. Signing the offer sheet set off alarms in Anaheim, as they had seven days to match the sheet and keep Carlsson in the Ducks colors. Carlsson's never been a 100+ point forward yet, but he's getting paid like one now. Following Carlsson's newly inked contract, the team signed Pavel Mintyukov to a $7.2 million AAV. Now, there are reports that Gauthi...
The NHL offseason has quieted down since the Anaheim Ducks matched the offer sheet tendered to Leo Carlsson. With that, we can begin looking at which teams have improved this…