An optimistic next few months for the Anaheim Ducks

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Created by: sensonfire

Team: 2023-24 Anaheim Ducks

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 6, 2023

Published: Feb. 6, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

1. Most of Anaheim's pending UFAs are traded for value at the deadline

2. One team comes along and pays a 1st round pick for John Klingberg

3. Anaheim wins the draft lottery and takes Connor Bedard at 1st overall

4. Zegras, Terry, Drysdale, Comtois, Benoit and Stolarz are all extended to something reasonable.

5. Anaheim replaces Dallas Eakins with an NHL-calibre Head Coach

6. Anaheim goes into the 2023-2024 season with one of the best prospect pools in the NHL and a bright future ahead.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Zegras, Trevor	8	$8,000,000
Terry, Troy	8	$8,000,000
Comtois, Maxime	1	$2,445,000
Drysdale, Jamie	2	$1,700,000
Benoit, Simon	1	$1,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Stolarz, Anthony		1	$775,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Bedard, Connor		3	$950,000

Trades

ANA

2023 7th round pick (PIT)

PIT

Nathan Beaulieu at the trade deadline

ANA

2023 6th round pick (BUF)

BUF

Derek Grant at the trade deadline

ANA

2023 3rd round pick (WPG)

WPG

Dmitry Kulikov and 50% salary retention at the trade deadline

ANA

Myers, Philippe
2023 3rd round pick (TBL)

TBL

Kevin Shattenkirk and 50% salary retention at the trade deadline

ANA

Foegele, Warren
2023 1st round pick (EDM)

EDM

John Klingberg and 50% salary retention at the trade deadline

ANA

Reilly, Mike

BOS

Future Considerations

Buyouts

Simon Despres: $0

Buried

Jakob Silfverberg: $4,100,000 ($5,250,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$62,690,417	$0	$2,500,000	$19,809,583

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Henrique, Adam $1,456,250$1,456,250 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 1	Zegras, Trevor $8,000,000$8,000,000 C, LW RFA - 3	Terry, Troy $8,000,000$8,000,000 RW UFA - 7
Bedard, Connor $950,000$950,000	McTavish, Mason $894,167$894,167 ($2,500,000$2M) C, LW RFA - 2	Strome, Ryan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C UFA - 4
Comtois, Maxime $2,445,000$2,445,000 LW RFA - 1	Gawdin, Glenn $762,500$762,500 C, RW UFA - 1	Vatrano, Frank $3,650,000$3,650,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Jones, Max $1,295,000$1,295,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Lundeström, Isac $1,800,000$1,800,000 C, LW RFA - 1	Foegele, Warren $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Benoit, Simon $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Fowler, Cam $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Gibson, John $6,400,000$6,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Reilly, Mike $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Drysdale, Jamie $1,700,000$1,700,000 RD RFA - 3	Stolarz, Anthony $775,000$775,000 G UFA - 1
Vaakanainen, Urho $850,000$850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Myers, Philippe $1,400,000$1,400,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Carrick, Sam $425,000$425,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Leason, Brett $775,000$775,000 RW RFA - 1
White, Colton $762,500$762,500 LD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Bedard, C.		Zegras, T.		Terry, T.
	McTavish, M.		Drysdale, J.

Power Play 2
Henrique, A.		Strome, R.		Vatrano, F.
	Comtois, M.		Fowler, C.

Penalty Kill 1
	Henrique, A.	Strome, R.
	Benoit, S.	Fowler, C.

Penalty Kill 2
	Gawdin, G.	Foegele, W.
	Reilly, M.	Myers, P.

Feb. 6, 2023 at 11:54 a.m.

Green4D4

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Woah, looks like you forgot to acquire Nikita Zaitsev and Ottawa's 2024 2nd round pick + 2024 4th round pick in exchange for future considerations!

In all seriousness though, if Bedard goes out west, I'm happy. I always feel like Comtois has more to offer. Like the potential is there to be a premier powerfoward but something is lacking. Hoping Drysdale stays healthy.

No Simon Benoit?

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Feb. 6, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.

Deaner37

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No team is paying a first for Klingberg at 50% retention, and Foegele as a dump is not worth a first. Klingberg has played poor this year and Edmonton has lost interest in him due to that. NHL Insiders reported Edmonton is no longer interested in him, as oilers are looking for a more defensive minded backend. We already have Barrie who is having a great year. And Bouchard behind him, oilers decline that deal.

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Feb. 6, 2023 at 12:48 p.m.

sensonfire

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sensonfire

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Quoting: Green4D4

I forgot about Benoit too.

My bad.

Feb. 6, 2023 at 12:50 p.m.

MisstheWhalers

Joined: Jan. 2019

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Jets will want Beaulieu too, they probably want to get the band back together for a playoff run... 😁

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Feb. 6, 2023 at 12:51 p.m.

sensonfire

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sensonfire

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Quoting: Deaner37

That's why I used the word 'optimistic' to describe this ACGM.

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Feb. 6, 2023 at 1:33 p.m.

GiggywithGibby

Future Ducks legend

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It's a bright future, but no matter how you slice it, the Ducks need to go get a shutdown RHD for the next 3)4 seasons this year. I also think we should go pick up a complementary LHD for Drysdale for a season like Reilly from Boston. Helleson could use another season in the A and Zells should get some pro time before coming up to the show.

I'd tweak the forward lines to be
Henrique-Zegras-Terry
Bedard-McTavish-Strome
Comtois-Gawdin-Vatrano
Jones-Lundestrom-Foegele

I really do believe that Comtois has more to show, he just need a consistent role on a scoring line. He should stay on Zegras' wing, but adding Bedard and keeping Henrique around complicates that.

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Feb. 12, 2023 at 10:04 a.m.

Sabres1973

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Buffalo says no thank you. We are all set

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