{"id":242505,"date":"2026-03-29T20:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/242505\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T20:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:54:11","slug":"what-is-mason-mctavishs-long-term-future-with-the-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/242505\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Mason McTavish\u2019s long-term future with the Ducks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">It\u2019s been a strange season for <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/teams\/anaheim-ducks\/line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> forward Mason McTavish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">After a lengthy contract dispute over the summer, general manager Pat Verbeek and McTavish\u2019s camp eventually agreed to a six-year contract extension with a salary cap hit of $7 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Even as the Ducks have thrived this season thanks to breakout years from Leo Carlsson and Cutter Gauthier, McTavish has not occupied the role his new contract suggested he would.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">With just 34 points in 65 games and a recent game in the press box as a healthy scratch, could Anaheim and McTavish be heading for a split after all?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">On Thursday\u2019s episode of <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=skgiQTDobfA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" hreflang=\"en\">Daily Faceoff LIVE<\/a>, host Tyler Yaremchuk and co-host and former NHL goaltender Carter Hutton were joined by Felix Sicard of the Crash the Pond Podcast to discuss whether or not McTavish has a future with the Ducks beyond this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Tyler Yaremchuk: You mentioned Mason McTavish, there obviously made headlines last week getting healthy scratched. He\u2019s just starting that long-term deal. Does he still have a long-term future in Anaheim, or is that gonna be a conversation this summer?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Felix Sicard: It\u2019s a tough one because McTavish is a guy who I think that they\u2019ve seen as a cornerstone. I think that part of the reason that they traded Trevor Zegras is because they saw Mason McTavish as the 2C of the future and the present, and this season, he just hasn\u2019t lived up to it. Maybe it\u2019s because he came into camp late because of the contract dispute. Maybe it\u2019s because of the new coaching style. Who knows? But he just hasn\u2019t really risen to the team success, and it speaks again, how well they\u2019ve done that he\u2019s got 32 points, and they are where they are. I think he still has a future, though. I think that we\u2019ve seen better from him. I don\u2019t necessarily know if he\u2019s going to be a second line center on a Cup-contending team, but I think that there\u2019s still a useful player here and a guy who, whether it\u2019s with the Ducks or someone else, can still be a contributor.  I don\u2019t think we\u2019re at the point yet of a guy getting traded, but who knows, I\u2019ve been wrong about that before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">You can watch the full segment and the rest of the episode here\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a strange season for Anaheim Ducks forward Mason McTavish. 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