{"id":139617,"date":"2023-08-10T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=139617"},"modified":"2023-08-10T10:23:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T14:23:07","slug":"nhl-rumours-rangers-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/08\/10\/nhl-rumours-rangers-ducks\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: New York Rangers and Anaheim Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for some more NHL rumours to get you through your work week. We may be in the August heat, but we&#8217;ve got plenty of NHL rumours to talk about here at LastWordOnSports. There are a few restricted free agents that are left to be signed. We&#8217;re going to go coast-to-coast in this edition of NHL rumours. Today&#8217;s edition of our rumour roundup focuses on the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/07\/11\/new-york-rangers-sign-defenceman-to-contract-extension\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Rangers<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/07\/22\/anaheim-ducks-top-prospects-2023-edition\/\" target=\"_self\">Anaheim Ducks.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All NHL rumours come from the original source and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h2>NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n<h3>New York Rangers<\/h3>\n<p><em>Rumour: The Athletic&#8217;s Arthur Staple discusses the latest on a new contract for former top overall pick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lafreal01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexis Lafreniere<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NYR<\/a> mailbag to get us all through a quiet month<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zRHMfZHGfI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/zRHMfZHGfI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arthur Staple (@StapeAthletic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StapeAthletic\/status\/1687142288273678339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Analysis:<\/em> The former top pick of the 2020 NHL Draft has yet to sign a new contract. Lafreniere has yet to live up to the monster hype that&#8217;s surrounded him ever since the Blueshirts won the draft lottery. The former Rimouski Oceanic standout has yet to reach the 20-goal mark, but he&#8217;s shown moments of promise.<\/p>\n<p>Lafreniere has formed some solid line chemistry with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kakkoka01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaapo Kakko<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/chytifi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Filip Chytil<\/a> as part of the Kid Line. There are moments when his hockey IQ shows up, but they&#8217;ve been too few and far between.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s hope the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/22\/the-impact-peter-laviolette-can-have-on-the-young-guys\/\" target=\"_self\"> new coaching staff<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/laviope01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter Laviolette<\/a> will help the younger players take the next step in their careers. Laviolette promised more chances for the youngsters and that may encourage Lafreniere to re-sign sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>New York General Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/drurych01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Drury<\/a> will most likely give the former top overall pick a bridge deal. This will likely be a prove-it deal much like Kakko got last off-season. Hopefully, Lafreniere can step up his game up and cash in on his next contract.<\/p>\n<h3>Anaheim Ducks<\/h3>\n<p><em>Rumour: Dan Rosen of NHL.com took at look at when RFA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/z\/zegratr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevor Zegras<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/zegras-hopeful-for-new-contract-with-ducks\/c-345516182\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">may re-sign<\/a> with the Ducks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Analysis:<\/em> Zegras is the next player that General Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/verbepa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pat Verbeek<\/a> needs to take care of this off-season. Verbeek gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/terrytr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Troy Terry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/08\/02\/anaheim-ducks-pen-rfa-troy-terry\/\" target=\"_self\">a monster seven-year deal<\/a> and that means that Zegras is next. The Bedford, New York native led the Ducks with 23 goals and 65 points in 81 games.<\/p>\n<p>Zegras is one of 14 RFAs that are eligible for an offer sheet. However, those offer sheets are a rarity. The 22-year-old did say that he would hold out of training camp if he did not get a new deal. However, both sides are hopeful that a new contract will be coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>The young player has been working out with Rangers veteran forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kreidch01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Kreider<\/a>. Anaheim also has<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/05\/anaheim-ducks-name-greg-cronin-teams-head-coach\/\" target=\"_self\"> a new coach in Greg Cronin<\/a> and he&#8217;s been talking with Zegras about the upcoming season. Zegras is an important part of the Ducks&#8217; future and hopefully, a deal gets done soon.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Danny Wild-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for some more NHL rumours to get you through your work week. We may be in the August heat, but we&#8217;ve got plenty of NHL rumours to talk about here at LastWordOnSports. There are a few restricted free agents that are left to be signed. We&#8217;re going to go coast-to-coast in this edition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":138607,"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":[4321,20,4547,14,4548],"tags":[4410,6492,5862,1547,3806],"class_list":["post-139617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rumours","category-ducks","category-hockey","category-rangers","category-nhl","tag-alexis-lafreniere","tag-anaheim-ducks-rumours","tag-new-york-rangers-rumours","tag-peter-laviolette","tag-trevor-zegras"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139617","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\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}