{"id":275552,"date":"2026-04-19T12:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/275552\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:59:16","slug":"can-roger-mcqueen-play-in-nhl-playoffs-what-ducks-contract-news-means-for-phenom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/275552\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Roger McQueen play in NHL playoffs? What Ducks contract news means for phenom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nhl\/anaheim-ducks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> have officially gotten Roger McQueen&#8217;s signature.<\/p>\n<p>He has signed a three-year entry level contract with the Ducks, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/ducks\/news\/ducks-sign-mcqueen-to-three-year-entry-level-contract\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">they announced<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes as the Ducks prepare to play the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nhl\/edmonton-oilers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a> in the NHL playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>And that raised a question: Can McQueen appear in the postseason for Anaheim now?<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nhl\/minnesota-wild\/news\/wild-kirill-kaprizov-passes-wayne-gretzky-nhl-playoff-history\/8d4e38e5fb5238e17b4f42b1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kirill Kaprizov broke a Wayne Gretzky NHL record<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can Roger McQueen play in the NHL playoffs?<\/p>\n<p>No, McQueen won&#8217;t be playing in the NHL playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks made clear that the contract he signs begins with the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p>McQueen is currently on an amateur tryout contract with the AHL&#8217;s San Diego Gulls and has three points (one goal, two assists) in six games.<\/p>\n<p>He was the No. 10 overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft out of Providence College, where he had 27 points (11 goals, 16 assists) in 36 games this season.<\/p>\n<p>McQueen previously played in the WHL with the Brandon Wheat Kings.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a 6-foot-6 forward who has also represented Canada at various youth levels of international hockey.<\/p>\n<p>McQueen has an exciting future in Anaheim, but it won&#8217;t start until next season.<\/p>\n<p>More NHL news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Anaheim Ducks have officially gotten Roger McQueen&#8217;s signature. He has signed a three-year entry level contract with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-275552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275552","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=275552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}