{"id":221907,"date":"2026-03-16T10:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221907\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:32:10","slug":"john-carlsons-true-feelings-on-making-debut-vs-canadiens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221907\/","title":{"rendered":"John Carlson’s true feelings on making debut vs. Canadiens"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Anaheim Ducks are taking on the Montreal Canadiens<\/a> in a rather important matchup late in the season. The Ducks are seeing John Carlson make his team debut<\/a> on Wednesday, as well. Carlson came over via trade with the Washington Capitals<\/a> before the NHL Trade Deadline. It was one of the more stunning deals at the deadline this year.<\/p>\n

Carlson is the greatest defenseman in Capitals history, holding numerous franchise records. Before the puck dropped on Sunday, he had a chance to provide his thoughts<\/a> on skating in his first game in a non-Washington sweater in his 17-year career.<\/p>\n

\u201cExciting time for me. I think we got a great team. There’s a lot of top-end talent on this team, and I’m looking forward to playing with them. Just kind of getting myself worked in here,\u201d the newest Ducks defenseman said, via Victory+ reporter Aly Lozoff.<\/p>\n

Carlson brings a wealth of experience to a blueline featuring some young players. As mentioned, he is in the midst of his 17th season in the NHL. Entering play Sunday, Carlson skated in 1143 games.<\/p>\n

Carlson’s experience is certainly not limited to the regular season. The 36-year-old has played 137 playoff games, as well. He has 21 goals and 78 points in those contests, as well. In 2018, he raised the Stanley Cup as a member of the Capitals, bringing home the franchise’s first and only championship to date.<\/p>\n

The Ducks have not won the Stanley Cup in nearly 20 years. Anaheim hopes to make a run at it this season. And Carlsson’s experience should be valuable for this team as the games become more and more intense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Anaheim Ducks are taking on the Montreal Canadiens in a rather important matchup late in the season.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,824,165,164,404],"class_list":["post-221907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-nhl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221907","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=221907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}