{"id":488068,"date":"2026-03-06T01:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T01:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/488068\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T01:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T01:37:13","slug":"ducks-sign-a-depth-forward-who-has-excelled-in-25-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/488068\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks Sign a Depth Forward Who Has Excelled in 25-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/03\/04\/nhl-predictions-march-4th-new-york-islanders-anaheim-ducks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> are making a non-trade related move on the eve of the 2025-26 NHL Trade Deadline. They have announced that centre <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/poehlry01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-05_hr\">Ryan Poehling<\/a> signs a new contract extension with the club. The contract is for four years, and will see him earn $3.75 million in average annual value. Let\u2019s figure this thing out. Let\u2019s go.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">Poehling signs with a $3.75M AAV <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KKKTerMURA\">https:\/\/t.co\/KKKTerMURA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/2029717626583208194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">March 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Anaheim Ducks Ryan Poehling Signs a Four-Year Contract Extension<\/p>\n<p>Poehling is having a strong season for his first campaign in Anaheim. The 27-year-old native of Lakeville, Minnesota is having a career season. At least, he is on pace for one. He has only played three NHL seasons with more games than 2025-26, where he is currently at 54 games played. Still, his point total of 24 is not far off his career best of 31 from last year. He plays 14:35 a night, that is likewise not far off his career best, and second best overall.<\/p>\n<p>Talking About Poehling\u2019s Fit in Anaheim<\/p>\n<p>He really seems to fit in on a strong Anaheim team this year. The increase in production coincides with an increase in specialty team deployment. Still, not a big power play contributor, he could reach a career high in most minutes spent on a penalty kill this season. Furthermore, he is a bit of a filler in their offensive alignment. His most regular duo of linemates includes <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nesteni02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-05_hr\">Nikita Nesterenko<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/killoal01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-05_hr\">Alex Killorn<\/a>. According to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/moneypuck.com\/lines.htm\" target=\"_blank\">MoneyPuck<\/a>, in nearly 73 minutes of ice time together, they have an expected goal percentage of 52.8%. Moreover, many of the Duck lines are successful in that statistic. Of line trios that have played a minimum of 70 minutes, that percentage, that is a nice number, is only the Ducks fifth-best line.<\/p>\n<p>It is no wonder they are currently second in the NHL\u2019s Pacific Division standings. It seems Poehling is full entrenched in the Ducks\u2019 plans, and the fact they have emerged as a strong team in the division already, this team has a few promising years in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Griffin Hooper-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Anaheim Ducks are making a non-trade related move on the eve of the 2025-26 NHL Trade Deadline.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[23057,2210,233,5292,1739,5,4,13110],"class_list":{"0":"post-488068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim-ducks","8":"tag-2026-nhl-trade-deadline","9":"tag-anaheim","10":"tag-anaheim-ducks","11":"tag-anaheimducks","12":"tag-ducks","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-ryan-poehling"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116179674361514872","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488068","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=488068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}