{"id":556064,"date":"2026-04-19T14:41:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556064\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:41:49","slug":"can-roger-mcqueen-play-in-nhl-playoffs-what-ducks-contract-news-means-for-phenom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556064\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Roger McQueen play in NHL playoffs? What Ducks contract news means for phenom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nhl\/anaheim-ducks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> have officially gotten Roger McQueen&#8217;s signature.<\/p>\n<p>He has signed a three-year entry level contract with the Ducks, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/ducks\/news\/ducks-sign-mcqueen-to-three-year-entry-level-contract\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">they announced<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes as the Ducks prepare to play the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nhl\/edmonton-oilers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a> in the NHL playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>And that raised a question: Can McQueen appear in the postseason for Anaheim now?<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nhl\/minnesota-wild\/news\/wild-kirill-kaprizov-passes-wayne-gretzky-nhl-playoff-history\/8d4e38e5fb5238e17b4f42b1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kirill Kaprizov broke a Wayne Gretzky NHL record<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can Roger McQueen play in the NHL playoffs?<\/p>\n<p>No, McQueen won&#8217;t be playing in the NHL playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks made clear that the contract he signs begins with the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p>McQueen is currently on an amateur tryout contract with the AHL&#8217;s San Diego Gulls and has three points (one goal, two assists) in six games.<\/p>\n<p>He was the No. 10 overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft out of Providence College, where he had 27 points (11 goals, 16 assists) in 36 games this season.<\/p>\n<p>McQueen previously played in the WHL with the Brandon Wheat Kings.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a 6-foot-6 forward who has also represented Canada at various youth levels of international hockey.<\/p>\n<p>McQueen has an exciting future in Anaheim, but it won&#8217;t start until next season.<\/p>\n<p>More NHL news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Anaheim Ducks have officially gotten Roger McQueen&#8217;s signature. He has signed a three-year entry level contract with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[2210,233,5292,1739,5,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-556064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim-ducks","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-ducks","10":"tag-anaheimducks","11":"tag-ducks","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116431902671966340","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556064","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=556064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}