{"id":17160,"date":"2025-07-17T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/17160\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T20:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:00:08","slug":"ducks-sign-lukas-dostal-to-five-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/17160\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks Sign Lukas Dostal To Five-Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ducks starting goaltender\u00a0Lukas Dostal<\/a> has agreed to a five-year, $32.5MM contract, Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff<\/a> reports. Dostal himself confirmed on Anaheim\u2019s X account that he\u2019s signed a new deal.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s a significant commitment to the Ducks\u2019 new undisputed No. 1, one that will see him count $6.5MM against the cap through the 2029-30 campaign. The 25-year-old was an arbitration-eligible RFA and chose to file for it earlier this month<\/a>. Instead of going to a hearing, though, he lands a well-compensated deal that eats up the remainder of his RFA years \u2013 and then some.<\/p>\n

Anaheim now has one of the more expensive goalie rooms in the league this season. They\u2019re one of the few teams expected to carry three netminders, rostering veteran backups\u00a0Petr Mrazek<\/a> ($4.25MM) and\u00a0Ville Husso<\/a> ($2.2MM) at relatively steep cap hits for their projected workload. Mrazek was acquired when the Ducks sent<\/a> longtime starter\u00a0John Gibson<\/a>\u00a0to Detroit at the draft, paving the way for Dostal to assume the crease, while Husso finished last year in Anaheim as their third-stringer but landed an unexpectedly large new contract<\/a> from them a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

The contract comes after Dostal, long touted as one of the league\u2019s brightest young goalies, converted his linear development path into a breakout season in 2024-25. The 2018 third-round pick shouldered the majority of the workload for the first time, making 49 starts and five relief appearances for 54 total showings. He posted a 23-23-7 record, a .903 SV%, and a 3.10 GAA.<\/p>\n

Those numbers may look close to average at first, but should be viewed in the context of Anaheim\u2019s porous defense. The young Czech managed to save 14.3 goals above expected, per MoneyPuck<\/a>, 16th in the league. He finished 12th in year-end All-Star voting among goaltenders as a result.<\/p>\n

Dostal now becomes the 11th highest-paid goalie in the league for 2025-26, roughly in line with those ranks. He lands more annually than recent long-term extensions handed out to starters like\u00a0Joey Daccord<\/a>,\u00a0Adin Hill<\/a>, and\u00a0Logan Thompson<\/a>, but Dostal\u2019s age advantage over them and corresponding room for growth likely drove up his market value \u2013 particularly on an Anaheim team that will need strong goaltending to make a playoff push next season with one of the league\u2019s younger defenses.<\/p>\n

Dostal will be 30 when the contract expires, making him an unrestricted free agent. Anaheim still has some notable RFAs to re-sign, namely 2021 No. 3 overall pick\u00a0Mason McTavish<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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