{"id":488614,"date":"2026-03-06T07:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T07:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/488614\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T07:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T07:33:15","slug":"john-carlson-traded-to-the-anaheim-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/488614\/","title":{"rendered":"John Carlson Traded to the Anaheim Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-1-3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>              <\/p>\n<p>Every NHL Trade Deadline has a shocking move sending a franchise icon to another team, and this year is no exception.<\/p>\n<p>John Carlson has been traded to the Anaheim Ducks for a conditional 2026 first-round pick and a 2027 third-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old defender is playing at a near point-per-game pace for Washington this year. He\u2019s posted 46 points (10G, 36A) in 55 games played this season, but that\u2019s a small idea of Carlson\u2019s pedigree.<\/p>\n<p>He leads the Washington Capitals in games played (1,135), goals (166), assists (605), points (771) and has one Stanley Cup with the team.<\/p>\n<p>You can make the argument that the Capitals traded their franchise\u2019s best defenseman it\u2019s ever had.<\/p>\n<p>For a 27th overall draft selection in 2008 by Washington, his resume speaks for itself.<\/p>\n<p>Carlson was a Norris Trophy runner-up in 2019-20 and was named to the NHL First All-Star Team that same season. He recorded a career-high 75 points (15G, 60A) to earn the honours he did.<\/p>\n<p>Carlson\u2019s contributions aren\u2019t solely about his hockey ability; they\u2019re about the veteran presence Anaheim adds to its already strong defensive corps.<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim is taking on Carlson\u2019s full $8 million salary for the season, and it\u2019s unclear if Carlsson will elect to test the unrestricted free agent market, re-sign in Anaheim, or call it a career.<\/p>\n<p>As Anaheim takes a big swing, one has to wonder if they shore up some depth elsewhere without immediately taking away from their roster.<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim is still in the playoff hunt, and they\u2019re aggressive in trying to secure that postseason appearance. Meanwhile, Washington sits four points out of a playoff spot and is likely selling off their veteran pieces regardless of their playoff status.<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/cjack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772782395_561_e50dfbea4641d046ef8e16e2e54ca52abea6c285162ff2d320dc3eb277ca8c8d.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/cjack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conrad Jack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conrad Jack is a Manitoba-based media credentialed sportswriter covering the Winnipeg Jets (NHL) and the Manitoba Moose (AHL). He also covers the NHL Draft and World Junior Championship for ITR. He also covers league-wide news in his weekly series &#8216;Saturday&#8217;s notebook&#8217; and through individual articles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every NHL Trade Deadline has a shocking move sending a franchise icon to another team, and this year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[23057,2210,233,5292,1739,5,281,4,109],"class_list":["post-488614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim-ducks","tag-2026-nhl-trade-deadline","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheimducks","tag-ducks","tag-hockey","tag-john-carlson","tag-nhl","tag-washington-capitals"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116181074881494994","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488614","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=488614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}