Ducks deal Zegras to Flyers for Poehling, 2 picks

The Anaheim Ducks person traded Trevor Zegras to the Philadelphia Flyers for Ryan Poehling and 2 draught picks -- the No. 45 prime of the 2025 NHL draught and a fourth-round prime successful 2026.

Poehling, 26, has played successful 283 vocation games with the Canadiens and Flyers, scoring 43 goals and 95 points.

The commercialized marks a caller commencement for the 24-year-old Zegras -- a 2019 first-round prime (No. 9) of the Ducks.

Zegras made a splash during his rookie play erstwhile helium led each NHL rookies successful points per crippled (0.81) and power-play goals (9) and finished arsenic a runner-up for the Calder Trophy to Detroit's Moritz Seider.

However, Anaheim and Zegras person spoken down the scenes implicit the past 2 years astir the anticipation of a change-of-scenery trade, which could payment some the subordinate and the team. It became wide to Zegras helium wasn't successful Anaheim's semipermanent plans, though helium inactive worked hard to germinate his game, including accent connected the antiaircraft broadside of the puck.

Both the Flyers and Ducks person caller coaches adjacent play -- Rick Tocchet takes implicit successful Philadelphia portion Joel Quenneville was hired successful Anaheim -- arsenic the franchises look to instrumentality a measurement forward.

Anaheim, especially, is viewing the 2025-26 play with urgency. The Ducks precocious traded for Rangers seasoned Chris Kreider arsenic they look to marque the playoffs for the archetypal clip since 2018.

Zegras, a autochthonal of Bedford New York, has scored 67 goals and 186 points successful 268 vocation games. He came up done the U.S. National Team Development Program and Boston University.