Division rivals can make or break an entire NHL team’s year, whether it’s in the regular season or the second round of the playoffs. That’s why the Vancouver Canucks are undoubtedly keeping tabs on all seven of their fellow Pacific Division teams.
The Anaheim Ducks announced Sunday they re-signed forward Isac Lundestrom to a one-year contract. The deal is worth $1.5 million. Last season, Lundestrom scored five goals and six assists for 11 points in 46 games with the Ducks.
Anaheim drafted Lundestrom 23rd overall in the 2018 NHL Draft, taking him as part of what’s become a first-round to remember.
The offseason has arrived for half of the league’s teams that aren’t taking part in the playoffs plus several others who have already been eliminated. Accordingly, it’s now time to examine what they will need to accomplish over the coming months. Next up is a look at Anaheim.
With the All-Star break approaching, the trade deadline looms large and is about a month and a half away. Where does each team stand, and what moves should they be looking to make? We start our look around the league with the Anaheim Ducks.
The Anaheim Ducks will be without the services of Isac Lundestrom for the first part of the 2023-24 season. The 23-year-old forward underwent surgery after sustaining a torn Achilles while training in his home country of Sweden.
The injury is another setback for a player who already dealt with adversity last season.
Anaheim Ducks center Isac Lundeström sustained an Achilles injury during offseason training in Sweden earlier this month and will miss the start of next season as a result.
The Anaheim Ducks embarked on a two-week-long road trip this week after finishing up their franchise-record homestand. Though they are currently in the bottom five of the league standings, their play showed improvement at points during the week.
The Anaheim Ducks have announced that forward Isac Lundestrom will be playing in tonight’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, meaning he has been activated off of injured reserve. In addition to the news that Lundestrom is back in the lineup, the Ducks have announced that 2021 third-overall pick Mason McTavish is out with a lower-body injury.
Lundestrom had six points in 24 games before the injury, which should see him return to the lineup in mid-January. Comtois last played in a Nov. 12 loss to Chicago.
It has been a tough season for Anaheim’s Isac Lundestrom and things just got a little worse for him as the team announced that the center will miss the next six weeks due to a fractured finger. The injury was sustained during Thursday’s loss to Dallas.
The Minnesota Wild continue a three-game West Coast road trip with a visit to the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday. The 25-year-old left winger Kirill Kaprizov
The Anaheim Ducks announced a two-year extension Monday for center Isac Lundestrom, avoiding an arbitration hearing with the restricted free agent. Terms were not disclosed, but the Orange County Register reported that the deal is worth $1.8 million per season in 2022-23 and 2023-24.
The Anaheim Ducks have avoided arbitration with restricted free agent Isac Lundestrom.
The Ducks got off to a good start this season which had them in the thick of the playoff race for most of the year before slowing down late in the year.
The Ducks currently sit just outside the playoff picture in the Western Conference, two points behind the Los Angeles Kings for the final wild-card spot.
With three straight losses since the All-Star break, the Anaheim Ducks are struggling. They have lost four in a row dating back to their final game prior to the All-Star break, and they were thoroughly bested this week by the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers, two teams they are competing with in the Pacific Division playoff race.
The second half of this week’s Anaheim Ducks News & Rumors follows the continued success of Troy Terry during his league-leading point streak, Isac Lundestrom’s injury, and more.
Sam Steel and Isac Lundestrom will stay with the Anaheim Ducks organization for at least one more season.
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