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Anaheim Ducks Reassign Tim Washe

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The former captain of the National Championship-winning Western Michigan University Broncos is headed to the AHL. According to a team announcement, the Anaheim Ducks have reassigned forward Tim Washe to the San Diego Gulls.

Washe joined the Ducks organization last season after winning the National Championship against Boston College, signing a one-year entry-level deal. He played in two games for Anaheim down the stretch, going scoreless while averaging 7:44 of ice time per game.

Unfortunately, though he technically made the team’s roster out of training camp, Washe didn’t feature in the Ducks’ opening night loss to the Seattle Kraken. Although his leadership and work ethic have impressed Anaheim’s coaching staff, he was only on the roster to fill in for the injured Ryan Strome. Given that Strome was only dealing with a mild injury, today’s news indicates he’ll be activated from injured reserve next week after the Ducks return from the road trip that they’ve already ruled him out for.

He can’t be counted in the same tier as Anaheim’s other up-and-coming forward prospects, but Washe could find some staying power in a bottom-six role. He was impressive for the Broncos last season, scoring 16 goals and 38 points in 42 games. Still, the Clarkson, MI native is already 24 years old with only two games of professional experience under his belt. After he spends a few months with the AHL Gulls, the Ducks will have a clearer picture of how much he could contribute at the NHL level.

Ducks Recall Tim Washe From AHL

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The Anaheim Ducks announced tonight that they have recalled Tim Washe from AHL San Diego. The 24-year-old will join the club in advance of the Ducks season opener in Seattle tomorrow. 

Washe, undrafted, has made a nice impression with the organization in a short time. Signed as an NCAA free agent after leading Western Michigan University to their first National Championship, Washe broke out offensively last season, notching 38 points as the Broncos’ captain. Although the Detroit native has just two NHL games under his belt, and no other professional experience, Washe is certainly battle tested. Impressively, his Broncos appeared in the Frozen Four four straight seasons, finally breaking through as champions last year. 

Given Ryan Strome’s absence due to a lower-body injury, which came out earlier today, Washe, 6’3”, likely slots into the Ducks’ bottom-six in a heavy forechecking role. Like many NCAA undrafted-to-NHL forwards before him, Washe thrives on a physical two-way game, and clearly, accomplished Ducks Head Coach Joel Quenneville likes Washe’s abilities, quickly pulling him back from the AHL. 

Washe did not have to pass through waivers to reach San Diego, having been assigned just two days ago. Now, it will be interesting to see if the forward, who has quickly found a spot in the NHL, will get a real look at sneaking into the Ducks lineup for good this season.

Ducks Sign Sam Colangelo, Tim Washe To Two-Year Deals

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Aug. 4: Colangelo has had his deal officially announced by the club.

Aug. 1, 2:30 p.m.: While announcements of the signings briefly appeared on the team’s website, those were issued in error, sources tell Lee. Neither deal has yet gotten across the finish line. When Washe’s deal is signed, it will pay him $775K NHL/$175K AHL this season before converting to a guaranteed $850K salary in 2026-27, per PuckPedia.

Aug. 1, 1:45 p.m.: The Ducks have signed forwards Sam Colangelo and Tim Washe to two-year contracts, The Hockey News’ Derek Lee reports. Both were restricted free agents. The contracts carry a two-way structure in 2025-26 before converting to one-way deals for the 2026-27 campaign.

While both were teammates at Western Michigan in the 2023-24 season, Colangelo got a one-year head start on his pro career. The 2020 second-round pick signed his entry-level deal in the spring of 2024 after four years in college, going point-per-game in four showings with AHL San Diego to close out the season, as well as scoring his first NHL goal in a three-game trial.

The 23-year-old hit his stride as he kicked off his first full professional season in 2024-25. He didn’t make the Ducks out of camp but received his first recall from San Diego in November, bouncing up and down between leagues over the next few months before eventually earning a permanent NHL roster spot in late February. Colangelo finished the year with 22 goals and 40 points in 40 AHL games as well as 10 goals and a pair of assists for 12 points in 32 NHL contests, respectable production for his bottom-six deployment at 12:29 per game.

The 6’2″, 205-lb winger now has his sights set on cracking the Ducks’ roster out of camp for the first time. While there’s a path for him to do so, it’s not a given. Anaheim is widely expected to carry three goalies to begin the season, meaning there will presumably be only one extra forward spot to spare. Barring a surprise like veteran enforcer Ross Johnston landing on waivers, there are essentially two roster spots up for grabs. Colangelo will be in the group of players competing for them, as will Washe, veteran NHL/AHL tweener Jansen Harkins, Nikita Nesterenko, and 2024 No. 3 overall pick Beckett Sennecke, among others.

Washe, who turns 24 later this month, was an undrafted free agent pickup by the Ducks just a few months ago. The 6’3″ center had a breakout graduate season for Western Michigan in 2024-25, serving as their captain and posting a 16-22–38 scoring line in 42 games with a +22 rating en route to the program’s first national championship. He was only eligible for a one-year entry-level deal given his age, though, so he became a restricted free agent only a few weeks after signing his first NHL deal.

The Michigan native played two games for the Ducks to close out last season, going 4-for-8 on faceoffs with two shots and four hits while averaging 7:44 per game. His path to an everyday NHL role will presumably be as a fourth-line center, a position Anaheim has seemingly set in stone for next season after acquiring Ryan Poehling from the Flyers in exchange for Trevor Zegras. That makes his chances of cracking the roster slimmer than his former collegiate teammate’s, but there’s still a pathway for him to do so.

Both players will be restricted free agents again when their deals are up in 2027.

Ducks Sign Tim Washe To Entry-Level Contract

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Fresh off a national championship, Western Michigan captain Tim Washe is headed to the Ducks on a one-year entry-level contract beginning immediately, the team announced. The undrafted free-agent center will immediately become a restricted free agent this summer. He’s expected to make his NHL debut in tomorrow’s penultimate regular-season game against the Wild, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.

Washe, 23, was only eligible for a one-year contract because he turns 24 before Sep. 15. He’ll earn an extremely prorated salary figure for the final few days of the season before negotiating a standard one-way or two-way deal with Anaheim over the offseason.

The 6’3″, 216-lb pivot arrives in Anaheim after captaining the Broncos to their first Frozen Four appearance and national title in program history, defeating Boston University 6-2 in last weekend’s championship game. The fifth-year forward finished the season in second place on the team in scoring, erupting for a 16-22–38 line in 42 games. That’s more output than he had in his four previous seasons at WMU combined. The Detroit native only posted 12-24–36 in 129 NCAA games from 2020-21 through 2023-24.

That big of a breakout that late in a player’s development generally doesn’t bode well for their NHL ceiling, but he was dominant enough this season in a winning effort for multiple NHL teams to step up with offers. One of them was Minnesota, Russo relays, but the Wild were informed this morning that Washe opted not to sign with them.

Washe joins an Anaheim center pipeline that doesn’t have a ton of help coming after Leo Carlsson and Mason McTavish solidified themselves as top-nine forwards over the last couple of seasons. While Washe quantifies as more of a young free agent pickup than a legitimate prospect add, there’s an opening for him to prove he can handle an NHL depth role heading into training camp next fall as a hardworking fourth-line piece, whether down the middle or on the wing.

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