They aren't linear, and there is no proven successful blueprint.Heading into the 2024-25 season, the Anaheim Ducks had the fourth-longest playoff drought in the league (six years), behind the Ottawa Senators (seven years),

Zegras is in the second season of a three-year $17,250,000 contract signed with the Anaheim Ducks in 2023. He has played just 29 games this season and has produced 13 points (five goals, eight assists). Zegras has struggled to stay healthy in recent years, but when available, he is a game-breaking talent.

Welcome back to NHL Predictions. Each day, Last Word on Hockey reviews the scheduled games and offers insight and analysis to help predict who will win in head-to-head matchups.

Mason McTavish scored the tying goal early in the second period and assisted on Robby Fabbri’s go-ahead goal 4:35 later, sending the Anaheim Ducks to a 6-4 victory over the Seattle Kraken.

Welcome to Scott Wheeler’s 2025 rankings of every NHL organization’s prospects. You can find the complete ranking and more information on the project and its criteria here, as we count down daily from No. 32 to No. 1. The series, which includes in-depth evaluations and insight from sources on nearly 500 prospects, runs from Jan. 8 to Feb. 7.

The Ducks will cap a short two-game road trip tonight and shoot for their fourth straight win, facing off with the division rival Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome. PUCK DROP: 6 P.M. PT | WATCH:

Mechanics Bank Arena officials said the NHL is returning to Bakersfield for an exhibition game for the first time in 10 years.

The Anaheim Ducks have put themselves in position to play meaningful games in the season's second half and possibly join the hunt for a playoff spot.

As any would-be hockey broadcaster raised in Pittsburgh, Cooney was influenced heavily by Mike Lange. The longtime voice of the Penguins and a broadcaster emeritus, Lange is famous in the region — and throughout North America, really — for his dozens of colorful goal calls.

Strome was frank about how difficult it is to win in the NHL and even how difficult it is to be a .500 team, a mark which the Ducks have struggled to reach over the past several seasons.

The NHL announced significant increases to the salary cap's upper and lower limits starting in 2025-26 and progressing through the 2027-28 season.