The Ducks acquired center Anton Wahlberg and a second-round selection (45th overall) in the 2026 NHL Draft for defenseman Olen Zellweger. Anaheim now has seven selections in the 2026 NHL Draft, including two in the top 50:

2nd round – 45th overall
2nd round – 50th overall
3rd round – 82nd overall
4th round – 117th overall
5th round – 146th overall
6th round – 178th overall
7th round – 210th overall

Wahlberg, 20 (7/4/05), has scored 21-50=71 points with a +9 rating in 140 American Hockey League (AHL) games the past three seasons. The 6-4, 205-pound forward recorded 9-28=37 points with a +5 rating and 20 penalty minutes (PIM) in 68 AHL games with Rochester in 2025-26, ranking third in assists and tied for fourth among team leaders in scoring. He also earned three assists in three 2026 Calder Cup Playoff contests. Wahlberg scored 11-19=30 points in 63 AHL games as a rookie with Rochester in 2024-25 as a 19-year-old. He has also collected 1-3=4 points in 14 career AHL postseason games in his three seasons.

Selected by Buffalo in the second round (39th overall) of the 2023 NHL Draft, Wahlberg earned 7-7=14 points with a +5 rating in 61 career Swedish Hockey League (SHL) contests with Malmo from 2022-24.

The Malmo, Sweden native represented his country at the back-to-back World Junior Championships, earning silver in 2024 (1-2=3 points in seven games) while he scored 4-4=8 points with a +7 rating in seven games in 2025 to co-lead the club in points and rank tied for third in points. He also earned 3-3=6 points with a +4 rating at the 2023 U-18 World Championship.

Zellweger, 22 (9/10/03), recorded 16-35=51 points with 58 PIM in 164 NHL games with Anaheim from 2023-26. He scored 7-15=22 points with a +4 rating in 76 games with the Ducks in 2025-26. The 5-10, 193-pound defensemen also made his Stanley Cup Playoff debut in 2026, recording 1-1=2 points in three postseason contests.

Selected by Anaheim in the second round (34th overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft, Zellweger recorded 8-17=25 points in 34 American Hockey League (AHL) games with San Diego in 2023-24. He was named the Canadian Hockey League Defenseman of the Year in 2022-23, the top defenseman among players in the OHL, QMJHL and WHL.