{"id":763885,"date":"2026-07-15T06:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/763885\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T06:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:52:12","slug":"report-anaheim-ducks-rfa-cutter-gauthiers-latest-contract-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/763885\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Anaheim Ducks&#8217; RFA Cutter Gauthier&#8217;s Latest Contract Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Social Media Feature Preview\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HNNiartb0AA3OkP.jpeg\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhltraderumors.me\/search\/label\/Anaheim%20Ducks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhltraderumors.me\/2026\/07\/leo-carlsson-opens-up-on-signing-flyers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leo Carlsson<\/a> cashed in a lottery ticket from the Philadelphia Flyers that paid him an average annual value of $18 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Signing the offer sheet set off alarms in Anaheim, as they had seven days to match the sheet and keep Carlsson in the Ducks colors. Carlsson&#8217;s never been a 100+ point forward yet, but he&#8217;s getting paid like one now. Following Carlsson&#8217;s newly inked contract, the team signed Pavel Mintyukov to a $7.2 million AAV.<\/p>\n<p>Now, there are reports that Gauthier is aiming for the same kind of payday that Carlsson has received. Gauthier has been a fixture in the Ducks lineup since he arrived from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/cutter-gauthier-traded-to-ducks-by-flyers-for-jamie-drysdale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Philadelphia in a trade<\/a> during the 2023-24 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gauthier has played a total of 148 games for the Ducks and scored 113 points. This season, Gauthier lit the lamp 41 times and scored 69 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the <a href=\"https:\/\/puckpedia.com\/player\/cutter-gauthier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RFA<\/a> has high hopes of signing a similar deal that Carlsson signed, according to Keith Yandle on Spittin&#8217; Chiclets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Keith Yandle said he was \u201cfed a little tidbit\u201d that Cutter Gauthier won\u2019t take a penny less than $18 million AAV.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/spittinchiclets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@spittinchiclets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Mug NHL (@TheMugNHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheMugNHL\/status\/2077080284059889943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Gauthier has no leverage in this and cannot file for arbitration. He&#8217;s back to being in a situation that might be untenable for the forward who forced himself out of Philadelphia via trade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Gauthier was selected fifth overall in the 1st-round of the 2022 NHL Draft, and has yet to reach his full potential in the NHL. He&#8217;s managed to secure a spot in the full-time lineup of the Ducks, and has had his first taste of playoff hockey during the 2025-26 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That could all come to a halt if he doesn&#8217;t sign with the Ducks by December 1st.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anaheim Ducks center Leo Carlsson cashed in a lottery ticket from the Philadelphia Flyers that paid him an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":763886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-763885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}