{"id":138402,"date":"2023-10-02T13:39:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T17:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=138402"},"modified":"2023-10-02T13:39:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T17:39:46","slug":"star-rfa-resigns-with-anaheim-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/10\/02\/star-rfa-resigns-with-anaheim-ducks\/","title":{"rendered":"Star RFA Resigns With Anaheim Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/ducks\/\" target=\"_self\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> will be delighted to hear the news that their club has tied down their young star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/z\/zegratr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevor Zegras<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The restricted free agent has been awarded a bumper new contract, with the deal worth $5.75 million over<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> three years.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/z\/zegratr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-18_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevor Zegras<\/a> Re-Signs with the Anaheim Ducks<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Trevor Zegras, who was the ninth overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, has made a huge impact in California. It goes without saying that Ducks fans will be delighted to see he has committed his future to the club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Initially assigned to the San Diego Gulls of the AHL, Zegras made his NHL debut in February 2021. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Since then he has gone on to become a key part of Anaheim\u2019s fledgling offence. The American is responsible for a more-than-respectable 90 points in 180 games, which includes 49 goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The forward has also received league-wide recognition for his performances. In his first full season with the Ducks, the 22-year-old made the All-Rookie Team and was the Calder Trophy runner-up.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What This Means for the Ducks<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Ducks are nurturing a talented young core, with a view to reaching the playoffs and contending for the Stanley Cup. Notably, Trevor Zegras\u2019 numbers are climbing each season and his personality off the ice is one of the most memorable in the league.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Therefore, it was essential for Anaheim to make sure they locked the former Boston University Terrier down. By doing so, they have ensured his skills and assets are kept close. This will allow his young career to flourish on a personal level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In turn, this will also have a tremendous effect on those around him. Morale is always boosted in a locker room when a top player re-signs, but there is more to it than that. Zegras\u2019 outstanding play will inevitably boost the quality of those around him, propelling the Ducks\u2019 project further.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of the Anaheim Ducks will be delighted to hear the news that their club has tied down their young star Trevor Zegras. The restricted free agent has been awarded a bumper new contract, with the deal worth $5.75 million over three years. Trevor Zegras Re-Signs with the Anaheim Ducks Trevor Zegras, who was the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4182,"featured_media":138409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4547,4548],"tags":[5910],"class_list":["post-138402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ducks","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-anaheim-ducks-news"],"modified_by":"Tommy Bennett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}