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Ducks Sign Mikael Granlund To Three-Year Deal

July 1, 2025 at 3:27 pm CDT | by Josh Erickson 7 Comments

One of the top remaining free agents is off the board. Center Mikael Granlund has signed a three-year deal with the Ducks, the team announced. The contract carries a $7MM cap hit, Chris Johnston of TSN and The Athletic reports.

Granlund will earn a nice pay raise over the $5MM cap hit he carried over the last four seasons. His last deal, a four-year contract worth $20MM, was originally signed with the Nashville Predators in July of 2021, though it ultimately carried him across tenures with four different clubs He earned the deal on the heels of scoring 13 goals and 27 points in 51 games of the shortened 2020-21 season, and quickly made it look like a value contract with 11 goals and 64 points in the 2021-22 season. He carved out a clear role platooned between Nashville’s top-line wings and second-line center roles, but was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a second-round pick ahead of the 2023 Trade Deadline. Pittsburgh retained Granlund through the rest of the 2022-23 season, before including him in an August 2022 trade that sent Granlund alongside four other players, a 2024 first-round pick, and a 2025 second-round pick in exchange for Erik Karlsson, two other players, and a 2026 third-round pick.

Granlund instantly took to a lead role on a young Sharks lineup, and maintained his hot scoring through the transition. He recorded 12 goals and 60 points in 69 games with San Jose last season, then returned for 45 points in 52 games at the start of this year. But with such a red-hot veteran scorer in their mix, San Jose opted to trade Granlund and defender Cody Ceci to the Dallas Stars at this year’s Trade Deadline, in a deal that landed them a 2025 first-round pick (Joshua Ravensbergen) and a conditional second-round pick that wasn’t exercised. Granlund continued to produce in Dallas, with 21 points in 31 regular-season games and 10 points in 18 postseason games.

The Ducks will be landing a mobile, athletic forward with strong playmaking upside in Granlund. He likely projects into a second-line role, but could offer the team upwards of 40, 50, or even 60 assist upside with the right linemates. He could be an enticing veteran presence to play off of youngsters like Cutter Gauthier and Leo Carlsson, or offer the visionary passing to set up fellow newcomer Chris Kreider on line two. In either mix, Granlund’s speed and passing ability offer a refreshing boost to Anaheim’s bulky lineup.

Granlund has spent a collective 13 years in the NHL, and amassed 610 points in 902 career games. To boot, he’s also averaged north of 19 minutes in ice time in three of the last four seasons. He’ll be a toolsy addition to a Ducks’ top-end that’s looking to make a postseason run — though a three-year deal will carry him through his age-36 season.

Photo courtesy of Jerome Miron-Imagn Images.

PHR’s Gabriel Foley contributed significantly to this article.

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  1. hopper15

    3 weeks ago

    I was nervous about the sharks overpaying him. Glad that’s out the way.

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  2. jminn

    3 weeks ago

    5’10”, 33 years old. 3 yr deal?
    Not what Ducks fans expected.

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    • bigdaddyt

      3 weeks ago

      7 per as well jeeeeze

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  3. 'Tang It

    3 weeks ago

    I think granlund is a useful player. Just not at that price

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  4. uvmfiji

    3 weeks ago

    Barf. Looks like Anaheim will enter another rebuild.

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  5. Defo

    3 weeks ago

    MASSIVE overpay. For him that kind of money makes all the losing worth it!

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    • Doghockey

      3 weeks ago

      How do you determine if a contract is an overpay? Is it based on mathematical data or is it just your opinion?

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