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The Ducks could have difficulty re-signing Cutter Gauthier regardless of whether they match Leo Carlsson's offer sheet, plus the Hurricanes could be considering more offer-sheet shenanigans.
It has been eerily quiet around the NHL since the Philadelphia Flyers tendered an offer sheet to Leo Carlsson on Friday. Pat Verbeek and the Anaheim Ducks are in the second half of the seven-day period they have to decide whether or not to match the five-year, $90 million contract for their 21-year-old restricted free agent. Of course, that contract is heavily front-loaded with signing bonuses to boot, as the Flyers wanted to add even more pressure to Anaheim’s ownership. While the d...
The NHL should be thanking the Flyers for playing the villain and signing Leo Carlsson to a massive offer sheet. The now-heightened animosity between them and the Ducks is what the game needs.
Remember how crazy it was last fall when the Minnesota Wild signed Kirill Kaprizov to an eight-year, $136 million extension that made him the NHL’s highest-paid player by $3 million?…
The deal will carry an AAV of $900,000.
The Flyers’ offer for the emerging star sets an NHL salary record.
The Philadelphia Flyers put the Anaheim Ducks in a blender by signing their franchise player Leo Carlsson to a five year $90 million offer sheet last week. This has put Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek in a difficult situation as he has to navigate a murky offseason situation. Either way, Anaheim loses something here as […] The post Ducks Matching Leo Carlsson Offer Sheet Not Set in Stone appeared first on HEAVY .
The Edmonton Oilers and other teams in the Pacific Division should be sending flowers and chocolates to the Philadelphia Flyers front office. A nice card should read, “Thanks for sending the Anaheim Ducks a poison pill.” Because that’s exactly what they did in signing Leo Carlsson to a five-year, $18 million AAV offer sheet. It’s…
The Anaheim Ducks were targeted for payback in the Leo Carlsson offer sheet, a move that was a long time coming. The post Ducks Targeted for Payback in Carlsson Offer Sheet appeared first on HEAVY .
The Morgan Rielly trade speculation keeps pointing toward Anaheim, but the Ducks have spent the past week dealing with a franchise-altering situation that complicates any addition. Per Chris Johnston on his own show, Anaheim still makes sense for the Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman, and Johnston believes it is a place Rielly would be willing to play."Re Morgan Rielly: Anaheim still makes sense," Johnston said. "I think it's a place he would be willing to play." That fit, however, now runs thr...
*We’ve got four more agonizing days to wait until the Ducks are forced to make their decision, but until then feel good about the fact that at least one Big Famous Hockey Guy thinks the Flyers are going to get him. [ BSH ] *Even now, several days out from the offer sheet being announced, folks are still talking about how much this contract will reshape the league, no matter which team ends up executing it. [ BSH ] *See, even Elliotte Friedman thinks so. [ Sportsnet ] *Shockwaves...
The NHL is trying to settle into its brief mid-summer quiet period, but there are major names still out there (trade requests) and arbitration hearing season is also around the corner. In the post-July 1 dust-settling, Elliotte Friedman’s latest 32 Thoughts podcast made waves among several fanbases (15 minutes on the Ducks losing control, the […]
The Anaheim Ducks are faced with a massive dilemma this week: To match, or not to match, the insane $18 million AAV offer sheet signed by Leo Carlsson with the Philadelphia Flyers. If they choose not to match, the Flyers would have to send their next four first-round picks in the NHL Draft to the Ducks as compensation. It's still a good bet for Philly, as none of those mid-to-lower-first-round picks will come close to being another Leo Carlsson. It's the old 'best player in the deal wins...
The second week of July is usually a quieter one across the NHL. The draft is over. The free agent frenzy of July 1 is in the rearview mirror, with just a few veteran stragglers taking their time to decide on their next (or final) stop. All of that is still the case this year, but Danny Briere and the Philadelphia Flyers kept the frenzy going by tendering a five-year, $90 million offer sheet to Anaheim Ducks restricted free agent Leo Carlsson. The 21-year-old center was one of a few Ducks...
The Philadelphia Flyers lit off some fireworks early on Friday afternoon with Danny Briere tendering a massive five-year, $90 million offer sheet to Leo Carlsson. The Anaheim Ducks are now in the middle of the seven days they have to match the contract, weighing their options with their own players, the salary cap, and what they could do with the four first-round picks they’d get in compensation if they let the top-line center walk. The Ducks were threatened with another offer sheet ...
Do the Ducks have enough cap space to match the lucrative offer sheet for Leo Carlsson and re-sign Cutter Gauthier after re-signing Pavel Mintyukov to a five-year contract?
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, new details are shedding light on what really led to Brady Tkachuk’s exit from Ottawa. Meanwhile, the Toronto Maple Leafs are still hunting for a…
Back to business as usual following the 250th Birthday celebration for the United States of America this weekend. The Chicago […] The post Jack’s Daily: Ducks Big Decision; Blackhawks RFA Tidbit; Robertson News appeared first on Chicago Hockey Now .
The Philadelphia Flyers' signing of Leo Carlsson to a lucrative five-year offer sheet will make it difficult for the Anaheim Ducks to re-sign Cutter Gauthier. It could also affect other NHL teams' efforts to re-sign their RFAs.
I think it's important we set some axioms for discussion of Anaheim's Leo Carlsson signing an offer sheet with Philadelphia , because it helps a superficially mindblowing contract feel something closer to logical—both in that the Flyers were wise to offer it, and in that the Ducks would be fools not to match it. The first thing to be agreed upon is that Carlsson is very, very good: 21 years old, putting up better numbers every year, 67 points in his third season. Whether you think he's neared ...
We are less than a week into free agency, and the 2026 NHL offseason has delivered some very entertaining storylines. From some ‘sticker shock’ on some of the free-agent contracts being handed out to middle-six forwards, to a wild offer sheet that’s turned the entire league on its head, it’s been as wild and whacky…
The Avalanche made a minor addition on the blueline. The Anaheim Ducks avoided another offer sheet to another young player. […] The post Deen’s Daily: Ducks Avoid Second Offer Sheet; Players Who Elected for Salary Arbitration appeared first on Colorado Hockey Now .
One advantage to having a prospect tier ranked in the lower-third of the league is that your players rarely attract offer sheet attention. It also helped that the Tampa Bay Lightning didn’t have any restricted free agents on their depth chart after they opted to not tender a contract to Ethan Samson (who signed with Montreal), so they can sit back and watch the Leo Carlsson drama from a comfortable distance. At some point this week, Pat Verbeek will make his decision about Carlsson, a bud...
*Huge news, folks! If you were spending your holiday weekend somewhere completely off the grid, you may have missed it, but the biggest splash of the offseason was made when the Flyers tendered an offer sheet to Anaheim’s Leo Carlsson. [ BSH ] *And there is truly so much to unpack with this one. [ PHLY ] *It’s certainly a move that made waves all around the hockey world. [ BSH ] *And the Flyers weren’t even the only team considering throwing an offer sheet at Carlsson, but he ch...
The Anaheim Ducks are hardly out of the woods after fighting off another offer sheet, signing Pavel Mintyukov on Sunday. The post Ducks Not Out of Woods Following Mintyukov Signing appeared first on HEAVY .