What The Ducks Should Do

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Created by: TheDers

Team: 2020-21 Anaheim Ducks

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 2, 2020

Published: Jul. 2, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

The Ducks have a lot of work to do to fix up their mediocre defense, and there weren't many options available to them.

However, they do have a valuable winger that could bring some attention from a needy Oilers team with an RFA D-Man in Ethan Bear to give up, so I feel they could bite the bullet and take the deal.

Also, some depth signings were made and a cap dump of Erik Gudrbanson also had to happen to add some depth to the Ducks while getting rid of a complete liability.

All-in-all, the Ducks are in a better spot, but still capped out at around 35 wins. The contracts of Getlzlaf, Kesler, and Backes make it tough to do anything and the Perry buyout money puts this team in a stranglehold.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Milano, Sonny	1	$1,000,000
Sherwood, Kiefer	1	$1,000,000
Terry, Troy	1	$1,000,000
Bear, Ethan	2	$925,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Miller, Ryan	1	$1,250,000
Irwin, Matt	1	$700,000
Bogosian, Zach	1	$1,750,000
Ennis, Tyler	3	$3,750,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Sanderson, Jake		3	$975,000

Trades

ANA

Bear, Ethan [RFA Rights]
2020 3rd round pick (EDM)
2021 3rd round pick (EDM)

EDM

Silfverberg, Jakob

ANA

Future considerations

NYR

Gudbranson, Erik
2021 3rd round pick (EDM)

Buyouts

Corey Perry: $6,625,000
Simon Despres: $0

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$83,000,000	$67,732,166	$0	$0	$15,267,834

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Jones, Max $863,333$863,333 LW, RW RFA - 1	Rakell, Rickard $2,463,139$2,463,139 RW, LW UFA - 2	Ennis, Tyler $3,750,000$3,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Terry, Troy $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW UFA - 3	Getzlaf, Ryan $8,250,000$8,250,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Sherwood, Kiefer $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Milano, Sonny $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Henrique, Adam $1,456,250$1,456,250 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 4	Steel, Sam $863,333$863,333 C, LW RFA - 1
Heinen, Danton $2,800,000$2,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Kesler, Ryan $6,875,000$6,875,000 C, RW NMC UFA - 2	Backes, David $4,500,000$4,500,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Fowler, Cam $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 6	Manson, Josh $2,050,000$2,050,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Gibson, John $6,400,000$6,400,000 G UFA - 7
Lindholm, Hampus $2,602,778$2,602,778 LD UFA - 2	Bear, Ethan $925,000$925,000 RD UFA - 2
Sanderson, Jake $975,000$975,000	Bogosian, Zach $1,750,000$1,750,000 RD UFA - 1	Miller, Ryan $1,250,000$1,250,000 G UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Rowney, Carter $1,133,333$1,133,333 C, RW UFA - 1
Deslauriers, Nicolas $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Irwin, Matt $700,000$700,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Djoos, Christian $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Jones, M.		Rakell, R.		Sherwood, K.
	Terry, T.		Fowler, C.

Power Play 2
Steel, S.		Getzlaf, R.		Henrique, A.
	Lindholm, H.		Manson, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Getzlaf, R.	Kesler, R.
	Fowler, C.	Manson, J.

Penalty Kill 2
	Henrique, A.	Sherwood, K.
	Lindholm, H.	Bogosian, Z.

Jul. 2, 2020 at 2:29 a.m.

Cheddamonkey37

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I wouldn’t do that if I’m edm bear is probably our best dman not named klefbom

Jul. 2, 2020 at 2:41 a.m.

Ledge_And_Dairy

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Edmonton is getting fleeced here

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Jul. 2, 2020 at 2:44 a.m.

SadlyAnOilFan

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Edited Jul. 2, 2020 at 3:01 a.m.

Quoting: Cheddamonkey37

I wouldn’t do that if I’m edm bear is probably our best dman not named klefbom

Well at this stage, Nurse is the anchor on that pairing so I wouldn’t say that, but they do compliment each other very well and it would take A LOT to trade for him. Certainly not with two 3rds for Silfverberg. Plus bear won’t a 5.5 cap hit next year, which would be extremely hard for Edmonton to fit in.

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Jul. 2, 2020 at 2:55 a.m.

Jah1722

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Edited Jul. 2, 2020 at 4:15 a.m.

I assume you know nothing about the ducks. Rakell isn’t a center. Gudbranson is an NHL average Dman not a cap dump. Bogosian is bad. No thanks on Ennis. Kesler is on LTIR. Sherwood is an AHL player.

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Jul. 2, 2020 at 9:17 a.m.

bhavikp27

Joined: Jun. 2016

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Quoting: Jah1722

Agreed for all except for Gudbranson

Jul. 2, 2020 at 9:20 a.m.

DiehardRedWingsFan58

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Yeah Jake Sanderson wont be playing in the NHL for awhile, He's committed to the University of North Dakota next fall.

Jul. 2, 2020 at 9:26 a.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

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Quoting: Jah1722

To which I would add, Jake Sanderson is the last guy we'll draft in the first round this year. We have 6 NHL-ready LD's under contract and two more in the pipeline.

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Jul. 2, 2020 at 9:28 a.m.

OldNYIfan

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Quoting: bhavikp27

Agreed for all except for Gudbranson

He played remarkably well for us this year. He's a perfectly adequate stay-at-home partner for a third-pair youngster like Djoos or Larsson. I wouldn't get rid of him because even as this construction shows, Anaheim has no cap problem.

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Jul. 2, 2020 at 10:15 a.m.

Dan10900

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Quoting: bhavikp27

Agreed for all except for Gudbranson

you haven't seen Guddy since VAN, he's been a solid 5 who can fill in as a 4 in a pinch since then...

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Jul. 2, 2020 at 10:20 a.m.

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Dan10900

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Would love that Silf trade, def don't need to pay to dump Guddy, we definitely don'y need Ennis, Comtois and Heinen should both be in the top 9, Raks isn't a center, Kesler is LTIRed, Bogo is terrible, I would rather play Hakanpaa, and Sanderson would be the worst pick of the draft at 6 before you realize we have Mahura Larsson Thrun Lacombe and Guhle at LHD not on the roster

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Jul. 2, 2020 at 10:53 a.m.

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kafle22

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oilers laugh, They know they need forward help but they aren't about to sacrifice their perhaps best dman

Jul. 2, 2020 at 12:31 p.m.

#12

Jah1722

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Quoting: bhavikp27

Agreed for all except for Gudbranson

Haven’t looked at a ton of fancy stats but positive corsi% with almost 58% Dzone starts. 99 PDO. He’s been an average Dman for the ducks.

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Jul. 2, 2020 at 8:50 p.m.

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mytduxfan

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I don't know why we'd move Silf. One of the only scorers we have and we're weak at RW.

Our D isn't the problem, it's our forward group. Getzlaf's decline has left us 1 franchise forward down. That's hard to recover from, especially when you bust out on a top 10 pick (Ritchie). I have genuine concerns about this team and it's prospect pool. However, LD is one of those area. RD and RW is a real need for us, but our real aim should be getting any sort franchise/elite talent. I don't think Sanderson fits that bill and so the pick is extremely odd.

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