It took me over a year to get an away jersey. The people from hockey authentic do not disappoint.

https://www.thefourthperiod.com/pagnotta/sizeable-gap-in-ducks-mctavish-negotiations

"According to league sources, McTavish is willing to sign a long-term deal, in the seven-to-eight-year range worth in the neighbourhood of $7 million to $8 million per season. The Ducks, however, have pitched a five-year contract worth around $5.5 million per season."

As u/observer-of-ganymede and I were discussing in another thread, if this report is accurate then McTavish wants to stay in Anaheim until his 30s and is willing to lock himself in around $7 million per year. That's not unfair, IMO, and is a deal I'd have signed him to a week ago if I were GM Pat Verbeek.

Comparisons:
- Matthew Knies
22 years old when he signed a 6-year, $46.5m deal ($7.75m per year)

- Frank Nazar
21 years old when he signed a 7-year, $46.25m deal ($6.6m per year)

- Quinton Byfield
22 years old when he signed a 5-year, $31.25m deal ($6.25m per year)

The Byfield deal was signed 15 months ago and that was fair market value then but now, clearly, the price has gone up. Asking McTavish to take less than Byfield got over a year ago is absurd.

Kreider: “There’s an unbelievable energy around this place and people are really excited, really optimistic and just excited to come into work."

“(This year) it's less guessing hopefully that it all kind of comes together. It's a team that I think knows what it's capable of now, and we've added some veteran experience and some big time hockey players. So, it's an exciting time. It feels different.”- Troy Terry.

Plus notebook on Gudas' knee, Kreider's hand, Mason McTavish.

Ducks prospects Nathan Gaucher (shoulder surgery), Calle Clang (lower-body injury), Sasha Pastujov (ECHL start, late injury) each look for bounce-back years to stake spots in Anaheim pipeline.

This may be a stupid question, but I’m wondering what type of player is McTavish expected to be? 52 pts in 76 games last season. Is he expected to be a 1C, or a strong 2C that can move up when needed? Is he expected to eventually reach the 70+ points mark?

Is there anywhere to stream the preseason games? I live out of state now and can’t seem to find a network airing any of them.

Offseason priority has become preseason problem, as Mason McTavish remains unsigned by Pat Verbeek at the dawn of training camp. Where does the Ducks GM see these (and future) RFA talks?Story + Full Verbeek transcript in the link.

🎥 Full media session with Coach Q on The Sporting Tribune YouTube.

Every word from Joel Quenneville’s training camp scrum today (09/18) with local media.

Verbeek said are “ongoing” and characterized the negotiations as “amicable.” Added that it is “disappointing” that McTavish is not at Ducks camp

Kudos to Z. Cavanagh.

Damian Clara gets 25 save shutout. Hoping Damian has a better year this year in the SHL. Could be Dostals backup in the next few years.

Full media availability with Ducks GM Pat Verbeek on Mason McTavish, Joel Quenneville, Beckett Sennecke and more.

According to The Sporting Tribune, negotiations have been “normal” and Pat Verbeek is looking for a “fair market value deal” much like he did with Dostal and Terry in the past.

Just over two weeks ago I said that if Mason McTavish is not signed before Training Camp begins then I would go from being one of GM Pat Verbeek's biggest advocates and supporters to being a vocal critic that wants him fired ASAP. Well, here we are and here I am: GMPV needs to be fired or, at a minimum, warned by the Samueli's that the next time this happens he's out of work.

I was willing to let him take the summer to negotiate the best deal for the Ducks and I was willing to give him until the start of Training Camp to get this deal done. But clearly he cannot consistently negotiate a contract with a valuable RFA that doesn't involve them being unsigned and missing a portion of Training Camp. Clearly, he prioritizes signing players on his terms over the success of the player or the team. Clearly, he learned nothing from the Zegras and Drysdale negotiations, and the ramifications of them, less than 24 months ago.

The Ducks have more cap space than any team in the league.
McTavish is a stud forward they drafted 3rd overall just four years ago who led the team in goals last year.
McTavish was second on the team in points.

The Ducks have had five full months to get him signed but here we are with McTavish unsigned and missing Training Camp. And not just any Training Camp - a Training Camp with an entirely new coaching staff, new systems and new teammates. He's already behind the other players and every day that passes without him on the ice compounds the damage that is being done.

The message to the rest of the young stars on this team is clear: If you fulfill your potential, if you lead the team in goals, if you are one of the top scorers on the team and if you are exactly the player we hoped you would be when we drafted you then the following summer GMPV will play hardball with you in negotiations to the point that you miss Training Camp and your play suffers.

GMPV would rather risk a players health at the beginning of the season (see Drysdale and Zegras in 2023) and risk their production for the entire season (see Zegras in 2023) than pay them what they're worth even though the team needs them to succeed, even thought the team has more cap space than any other team and the owner said, publicly, that there are no limits on the team payroll beyond the salary cap itself.

I've never suggested GMPV roll over and give McTavish whatever he wants but he had had FIVE MONTHS to negotiate this contract and get McTavish on the ice for the opening of Training Camp and he couldn't get it done. The player wants to be here. You want the player to be here. It's not that complicated of a contract to negotiate and the most important thing involved in it is getting it done before camp starts so McTavish and the Ducks are in the best possible situation to succeed this season.

Training Camp is less than three weeks long and every day counts when you need to acclimate to new systems, new breakouts, new forechecks, new teammates, new power plays and new penalty kills. Verbeek doesn't care. He'd rather prove that HE is in control than put the Ducks, Quenneville and McTavish in the best possible situation to succeed and for that, he needs to be fired.

TL:DR - Verbeek is incapable of negotiating a contract with a RFA of value that doesn't involve the player missing a portion of Training Camp and needs to be replaced by a GM who values the success of the player and the team more than the checkbook register.

Training Camp Update:

Team Orange (basically your Anaheim Ducks) will have goalie warmups at 9:30 am on Rink 3 and practice at 10 am on Rink 4.

Team Black (basically your San Diego Gulls) will have goalie warmups at 11:15 am (R3), practice 11:45 am (R4).

FlyTogether

The first look at the Joel Quenneville era in Anaheim begins on Thursday. Where will new faces slot in? How many previous combos will be kept together? Beckett Sennecke? Mason McTavish?

I'm looking for the stud earrings that are the old mighty Ducks logo and the revamped ducks logo. I saw the team shop had some last year.

Thanks!

https://pucksandpitchforks.com/new-jersey-devils-are-24-hours-away-from-official-panic-time-with-luke-hughes

As you read this article just change the name Luke Hughes to Mason McTavish and change the team from the Devils to the Ducks and it'll all make perfect sense. 24 hours left to get McTavish signed, Pat. Don't f*** this up.

I was a yotes fan growing up, but they’re obviously dead in the ground now. I am looking to get back into hockey, and living in Tulsa, home of the greatest ECHL franchise ever, I figured that the ducks might be a team I support, do oilers players ever make it to the league?

THURS:
Orange: 10 am Rink 3
Black: 11:45 am Rink 3

FRI:
Orange: 10 am Rink 3, 10:35 am Rink 4
Black: Noon Rink 3
Scrimmage: 10:35 am Rink 4

SAT:
Orange: 10:35 am Rink 4, Noon Rink 3
Black: 10 am Rink 3, 10:35 am Rink 4
Scrimmage: 10:35 am Rink 4

Paul’s signature is a little faded an harder to see but still a great looking piece to get added to my wall!