{"id":410117,"date":"2026-01-16T03:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/410117\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T03:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:59:11","slug":"ducks-reassign-nikita-nesterenko-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/410117\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks Reassign Nikita Nesterenko \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Anaheim Ducks have assigned<\/a> winger Nikita Nesterenko<\/a> to the AHL\u2019s San Diego Gulls. This move comes after Nesterenko cleared NHL waivers<\/a> last week. It is Nesterenko\u2019s first assignment to the minors since signing<\/a> a two-year, $1.6MM contract with the Ducks in June.<\/p>\n

Nesterenko earned Anaheim\u2019s extra forward role in the second half of the 2024-25 season. He recorded six points and a minus-four in 20 games, to go with 34 points in 50 AHL games on the year. The season continued Nesterenko\u2019s gradual climb up Anaheim\u2019s depth chart that started when he signed his entry-level contract out of college in 2023. With a strong training camp, Nesterenko took another step up, and locked himself into an NHL roster spot for the first half of the season.<\/p>\n

But the 24-year-old forward has made little work of his extended look. He has one goal and nine points in 29 games \u2013 and only one point in his last 11 games. His biggest impact has come in the physical game, where his 53 hits ranks fourth among Ducks forwards. On the heels of a snapped losing streak, the Ducks will send Nesterenko to find a spark in the minor leagues. He has already racked up 71 points in 120 career games in the AHL. His presence will be welcome for a Gulls team riding a 1-3-1 record in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Anaheim Ducks have assigned winger Nikita Nesterenko to the AHL\u2019s San Diego Gulls. This move comes after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[401,2210,233,5292,1739,5,4,15908,405],"class_list":{"0":"post-410117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim-ducks","8":"tag-ahl","9":"tag-anaheim","10":"tag-anaheim-ducks","11":"tag-anaheimducks","12":"tag-ducks","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-nikita-nesterenko","16":"tag-transactions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115902779454463216","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}