“It was definitely weird at first,” Zegras said after the first head-to-head meeting between two of the NHL’s brightest young players. Zegras also acknowledged the fear of it, too, whenever he was on the ice at the same time as Hughes. The two are close friends and have the same agent, Pat Brisson of CAA.NEW YORK - Trevor Zegras acknowledged the strangeness of it all, lining up Saturday against his good friend Jack Hughes when the Ducks faced the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J. One possible contract comparison for Zegras in particular is the eight-year, $64 million deal New Jersey gave Jack Hughes. We have to make sure we can all fit it in.” At the end of the day, there’s only so much money to go around. “Having flexibility with the cap is vital moving ahead. “We’re going to have to see how their years go this year and then obviously we’re going to have to get some new contracts out,” Verbeek said. The buyout for Corey Perry also officially ends. New free-agent defensemen John Klingberg and Dmitry Kulikov are on one-year deals, while Kevin Shattenkirk is on an expiring deal. But that figure could increase to as much as $43.6 million for 2023-24, which is when the deals for all three players would begin. The Ducks enter the 2022-23 season with an estimated $16.5 million of cap space according to Cap Friendly. It gives the players the full year to kind of just concentrate on playing hockey and then at the appropriate time we’ll talk with the agents and do what we got to do.” That way the players don’t have a distraction.
“We’re going to wait until the season goes.
When asked if he would make an effort to extend any or all three of the players in the midst of the season, Verbeek said no. Zegras and Drysdale will be coming off their entry-level deals next summer. Zegras, along with Troy Terry and Jamie Drysdale, can become a restricted free agent next season.
Now that Ryan Getzlaf has retired, the Ducks could be positioning Zegras to become the future face of the franchise. The Anaheim Ducks will wait until after the season to work out an extension with Trevor Zegras, general manger Pat Verbeek said Thursday.Īs a rookie last season, the 21-year-old recorded 23 goals and 38 assists through 75 games.
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