Inside the NHL’s Biggest Contract Surprises of 2025: Who’s Winning and Losing Big Bucks?
28. Anaheim Ducks
Last season: 29th
With Mason McTavish still left to sign and a lot of Ducks on ELCs, there’s a strong chance that Anaheim’s outlook will change significantly over the next few years. Add a new coach to the mix and it wouldn’t be a shock to see a lot of deals look better next summer.
That doesn’t change the fact that there’s still a lot of tough money on the books. Mikael Granlund is partly forgivable because the Ducks needed talent and had a lot of cap space, but that signing also represents a trend of paying too much for the wrong players. Deals for Alex Killorn and Ryan Strome are proof of that. Yes, there’s a bad-team tax that’s difficult to avoid. But it doesn’t mean overspending on one-dimensional complimentary players that don’t really move the needle.
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