{"id":217715,"date":"2026-03-13T06:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/217715\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T06:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:16:26","slug":"ducks-rumors-is-anaheim-thinking-extension-with-john-carlson-after-deadline-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/217715\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks rumors: Is Anaheim thinking extension with John Carlson after deadline trade?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ducks rumors: Is Anaheim thinking extension with John Carlson after deadline trade?<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The John Carlson trade was among the most shocking transactions that beat the 2026 NHL trade deadline. The Anaheim Ducks<\/a> acquired Carlson from the Washington Capitals<\/a> for a couple of draft picks, one of which is a first-rounder in 2026, and the other is a third-rounder in 2027.<\/p>\n

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The veteran blueliner is on an expiring contract with a $8 million cap hit, but there are murmurs that he\u2019ll be with the Ducks beyond the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeanwhile, let\u2019s see where it goes with Carlson. Anaheim did not give up the return that it did for a 36-year-old blueliner with the idea of him being only a rental,\u201d wrote NHL insider Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy understanding is that the Ducks will eventually approach Carlson\u2019s camp, led by veteran agent Rick Curran, about what an extension looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time, LeBrun said there are still factors, both related to and unrelated to hockey, to consider.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut I also think everyone involved wants to wait until Carlson adjusts to his new surroundings and his family comes out and gets a sense of Anaheim, etc.,\u201d LeBrun added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s still a month to go in the regular season, so there\u2019s lots of time still for a contract conversation before the playoffs start. But even if it waits until after the playoffs, there\u2019s also lots of time before July 1.\u201d<\/p>\n

An extension with the Ducks will squash hopes of Capitals fans for his possible return to Washington in the offseason.<\/p>\n

Carlson, who played his entire career wearing Capitals colors until the huge trade, now looks to help the Ducks lock up a ticket<\/a> to the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Anaheim is on the verge of ending a long playoff drought that dates back to 2019, as the Ducks are atop the Pacific Division with a three-point lead entering Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ducks rumors: Is Anaheim thinking extension with John Carlson after deadline trade? appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,824,165,164,47007,9896,60507,99825,1606,8319],"class_list":["post-217715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-john-carlson","tag-nhl-trade-deadline","tag-pierre-lebrun","tag-rick-curran","tag-the-ducks","tag-washington-capitals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}