{"id":88517,"date":"2020-10-09T15:10:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T19:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=88517"},"modified":"2020-12-26T16:24:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:24:00","slug":"derek-grant-signs-with-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/09\/derek-grant-signs-with-ducks\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Grant Signs with the Anaheim Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/grantde01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derek Grant<\/a><\/strong> will suit up again in 2020-21. The 30-year-old turned in a fine 2019-20 season and will attempt to do so again in the coming year with\u00a0 a return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/ducks\/\" target=\"_self\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a>. The terms of the deal are three years at $1.5 million each season. This contract runs through the 2022-23 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Abbotsford native Derek Grant to the Ducks.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rick Dhaliwal (@DhaliwalSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DhaliwalSports\/status\/1314639139791396870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Derek Grant Signs with Anaheim<\/h2>\n<p>Last season was one of the strongest in Grant&#8217;s seven-year career. He scored a career-high 15 goals and 25 points in 56 games split between the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/flyers\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> and the Ducks. It was just the second season with more than 20 points so something clearly clicked in his age-29 season. He was also credited with 54 hits and 25 blocks while averaging 13:55 per contest. His possession numbers were dreadful with a 41.3 Corso For and -9.1 relative Corsi but he somehow managed to post fine traditional stats otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/senators\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> originally selected Grant in the fourth round of the 2008 Draft. He didn&#8217;t debut until 2012-13 and his first real season wasn&#8217;t until 2016-17. That was the first year Grant played more than 20 games, but it came with just four assists. He will never be a strong offensive option and his physical contributions are lacking as well. There is nothing especially bad about his game but it&#8217;s hard to imagine a second consecutive 20+ point campaign considering his underlying numbers and age.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, Grant is nothing exciting and probably won&#8217;t be a major factor for his new team but there is still value in a 6&#8242;-3&#8243;, 215-pound forward. Many teams still find value in someone with that size as a spare forward used in emergency cases. At the very least, Grant won&#8217;t cost his new team much money. His previous cap hit was the league minimum of $700,000 and he didn&#8217;t receive much of a raise. Look for the 30-year-old to be a regular bottom-six penalty-killer as a 13th or 14 forward. It is highly unlikely 2019-20 was anything more than a fluke season, but nothing about this off-season or the start of next year is normal.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"4KvQdzFISEFyA8o2PPkDkQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1268356226\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'4KvQdzFISEFyA8o2PPkDkQ',sig:'u9ANEdCeAypDcQSyYtxn1H8jlulHTDNlBODuHZWCPJY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1268356226',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derek Grant will suit up again in 2020-21. The 30-year-old turned in a fine 2019-20 season and will attempt to do so again in the coming year with\u00a0 a return to the Anaheim Ducks. The terms of the deal are three years at $1.5 million each season. This contract runs through the 2022-23 season. 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