The Anaheim Ducks have signed their top 2026 draft pick, Nikita Klepov, to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Topics in this edition of the PHR Mailbag include Chicago’s offseason, early winners and losers, Cutter Gauthier’s situation, and more.

Notes from the Pacific including news from Anaheim's AHL affiliate, the Canucks are down an assistant GM, and more.

Anaheim Ducks restricted free agent Vyacheslav Buteyets has signed in the KHL.

The Anaheim Ducks finished last season feeling pretty good about the gains the team had made, going from a non-playoff team to a second-round elimination. At the time, Ducks’ GM Pat Verbeek stated that the team would continue to build around its young core while attempting to add complementary veterans. That was around mid-May, and […]

The Anaheim Ducks have agreed to terms on a contract with their second first-round pick of the 2026 NHL Draft. According to a team announcement, the Ducks have signed winger Marcus Nordmark to a three-year, entry-level contract. Anaheim returned to the first round of the draft after trading with the St. Louis Blues. They also […]

2019 Anaheim Ducks first-round pick Brayden Tracey has signed a contract with Blue Devils Weiden, a club in DEL2, the second tier of professional hockey in Germany. The former WHL rookie of the year has spent each of the last two seasons playing in Europe, though he has bounced between a few leagues and teams. […]

The Flyers’ pursuit of a No. 1 center came up short. Anaheim matched Philadelphia’s five-year, $90MM offer sheet to restricted free agent Leo Carlsson on Thursday, keeping the 21-year-old with the Ducks at an $18MM cap hit, the highest in the NHL. GM Daniel Briere addressed the outcome in a statement released by the team. […]

Leo Carlsson reflects on record-setting offer sheet from Ducks

The Ducks are paying a record price to keep their franchise center in Anaheim

According to Elliotte Friedman, the Anaheim Ducks have matched Leo Carlsson‘s offer sheet. The team later confirmed the report with an announcement. In light of the 5 year, $18MM AAV contract that the Philadelphia Flyers offered to the 21-year-old Swedish center. That cap hit will make him the league’s highest-paid player, beating out Kirill Kaprizov‘s […]

After a short stint across the pond, Michael Sgarbossa is back in North America. The forward inked a one-year, AHL standard contract with the Texas Stars, the AHL affiliate of the NHL’s Dallas Stars, for the 2026-27 campaign. This marks the Campbellville, Ontario natives’ first contract back in the U.S. since 2024-25. The 33-year-old spent […]

Carlsson secured a five-year, $90 million contract with Anaheim on Thursday. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.

It seems like the hits will just keep coming in Anaheim this summer. According to David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period, restricted free agent Cutter Gauthier’s price tag could be as much as a $15MM AAV, as he said on today’s episode of The Sheet with Jeff Marek. Surely in no mood to sell himself […]

Although it’s no longer top of mind due to other circumstances, it was always going to be crucial for the Anaheim Ducks to address their defensive depth for the 2026-27 season. They’ve taken another step toward that goal, announcing a two-year, $1.8MM ($900K AAV) contract for Tyson Hinds. Anaheim also confirmed that it’ll be a […]

With the Anaheim Ducks off-season taking a sudden and unexpected turn, Frank Vatrano could be next impacted in the wake of recent news. According to The Fourth Period’s Summer Trade Watch List 3.0, he may be the “odd man out”. Already thought to be a possible trade candidate, the veteran perhaps must be moved sooner […]

6:20 PM: The agreement between Anaheim and Mintyukov has been finalized, a five-year contract extension which carries a $7.2MM AAV. Earlier this evening, insider Frank Seravalli reported that there was a pending offer sheet for the 22-year-old defenseman, but his preference was to stay in Anaheim, and now fans can only speculate on who the possible […]

Restricted free agent defenseman Pavel Mintyukov, who has 17 goals and 52 assists over 204 games in his first three seasons, signed a five-year contract extension Sunday worth $36 million with the Anaheim Ducks, a source told ESPN's Greg Wyshynski.

Despite Philadelphia Flyers GM Danny Briere telling the media last week that his team might “take a little bit of a step back” in terms of competitiveness next season, the team’s stunning signing of Anaheim Ducks star Leo Carlsson to an $18MM AAV offer sheet signals the team “may not believe internally that they’re as […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed free agent forward Jansen Harkins to a one-year, two-way contract.