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Predictions as to who is going to be on the ice for the preseason game against the Sharks on 9/20?

Just got my ticket for my first ever preseason game and for fun I wanted to see if anyone had a prediction as to who is going to be playing that day.

Are we going to see McQueen get some minutes? Cutter?

If anyone else is going that day feel free to say hi I'm a social butterfly. I'll be sitting at the glass with my floral Ducks jacket.

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u/SyncReVamped — 9 hours ago
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[Gift Article] NHL front-office confidence rankings: How fans feel about every team in 2026

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Ducks section:

>2025 ranking: 22

>“Verbeek’s stubbornness and refusal to lock up his young players early might have stalled the Ducks rebuild out, right when it looked like it had the opportunity to take flight. His old school, hard-nosed tactics have no place in the modern NHL.”

>“Verbeek was on a roll until the Leo Carlsson drama unfolded. If he can navigate Gauthier’s new contract and roster construction without going backwards in the standings, he will restore his reputation as the GM we hoped he would be.”

>After making the playoffs and winning a round, it was easy to imagine Ducks management climbing the ranks this summer. Anaheim has all the makings of a future beast in the West thanks to a sterling young core, and those types of teams usually boast high marks in this survey. The team’s top-10 mark in drafting and developing speaks to that.

>But then the Leo Carlsson offer sheet debacle happened and it’s hard to view Anaheim’s front office and its future the same way. Carlsson is a fantastic player that may one day become a top-10 center, but he’s now on an extremely inefficient contract that may limit the team’s ceiling. It’s hard to build a competitive roster when the top guy gets paid $3-5 million more than he should. That Pat Verbeek let the situation get to that point was an egregious error that may deeply set the team back. It’s one that’s created a significant change in confidence over the last year despite the team’s success.

>Selecting Carlsson (and Beckett Sennecke) against conventional wisdom is a point in the team’s favor and the Cutter Gauthier trade was a master stroke. If his next contract can stay reasonable, that might curry some favor back to Verbeek. But the sting of paying Carlsson a lot more than they had to may linger for a long time.

u/therealmorticia0 — 14 hours ago
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Theory: Ducks are waiting until their 35th season (2027-28) to hang Giguere's #35 in the rafters

JS deserves it, no doubt. No one has worn his number since he left. My hope is the team opted to wait given Selanne, Kariya and Niedermayer's numbers were all retired in such quick succession, and not because they're restricting jersey retirements to HHOF'ers. The Ducks' 35th season is next year, it would be poetic to raise it then.

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u/thatoneyosemiteguy — 1 day ago
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[The Athletic] Ranking the best NHL players and prospects under 23: Ducks - Carlsson (5), Sennecke (7), Gauthier (12), McQueen (25), Solberg (75), Klepov (88), Luneau (112), Nordmark (143), Chudzinski (145), Mintyukov (153)

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u/f0urxio — 1 day ago
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Cutter Gauthier Rejects Ducks Latest Offer

RFA Cutter Gauthier has rejected a four-year, $52MM ($13MM AAV) contract offer from the Ducks. Killorn, Vatrano, or Kreider better pack their bags.

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u/GameMisconducts — 3 days ago
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Who is in Love with Ketchup??

I don’t know if I’m out of the loop here, but did I miss something? What exactly is our deal with ketchup? Do migrating ducks stop halfway at the turn to put ketchup on their quack dogs?

u/TechnicalTheory8101 — 2 days ago
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If Leo puts up at least a point per game, what is a reasonable trade return for him next off-season?

Can't trade him now because of the offer sheet rules.

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u/NinjaActual7364 — 2 days ago
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[Emily Kaplan] The Golden Knights appealed the NHL’s punishment in person this morning, per sources. The penalties - a $100,000 fine for John Tortorella and loss of a second round draft pick - will remain as assessed.

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u/Commandant1 — 4 days ago
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Free to Read: Anaheim Ducks are No. 2 in NHL Pipeline Rankings for 2026

The Anaheim Ducks have a prospect pool rivals should envy, particularly up front. Their foundation of Leo Carlsson, Cutter Gauthier and Beckett Sennecke gives them legit top-of-the-lineup forwards with premium offensive traits. It’s a deep, highly skilled system with an abundance of promising youth that project to play meaningful NHL minutes.

2025 ranking: 4

2026 NHL Draft grade: B-

Free to read here.

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u/TheAthletic — 3 days ago
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Im generally unsure..

I love this ducks team and last season was phenomenal for this team and despite the cap rising the next couple years with all these massive contracts players want how the hell do the ducks become serious contender? I feel like its become a domino effect and all these agents despite doing great work for their clients are gonna absolutely screw over the ducks ability to build a team. Im not necessarily doom and glooming but i dont know it seems concerning and who knows with the numbers beckett may put up his agent may ask alot as well. What do you guys think? And do you guys see any way forward now that the market has completely changed?

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u/mrbubbz8901 — 3 days ago