Anaheim Ducks interested in bringing back former defenceman in free agency
During Tuesday's edition of Insider Trading on TSN, Pierre LeBrun mentioned that the Anaheim Ducks are interested in bringing back defenceman Josh Manson when free agency opens on July 13th.
Manson, 30, spent the first seven and a half seasons in the National Hockey League with the Ducks, who drafted him in the sixth round in 2011. On March 14th, Anaheim dealt Manson to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for prospect Drew Helleson and 2023 second round pick.
"Let's bring it back to the Stanley Cup Final – Josh Manson, pending unrestricted free agent, was brought in as a trade deadline acquisition by the Colorado Avalanche – it's pretty much not realistic to expect the Avalanche to talk to him when they've got Nazem Kadri coming up, Valeri Nichushkin coming up, Darcy Kuemper coming up and they're going to try to extend some guy named Nathan MacKinnon, so Manson is expected to go to the open market," LeBrun said.
He went on to add, "The Anaheim Ducks, I'm told, would like to talk to him when he hits the open market, of course he spent most of his career there, tremendously popular in that dressing room – other teams are going to be interested in him as well, but expect Anaheim to be one of them."
He went on to add, "The Anaheim Ducks, I'm told, would like to talk to him when he hits the open market, of course he spent most of his career there, tremendously popular in that dressing room – other teams are going to be interested in him as well, but expect Anaheim to be one of them."
Since the trade from Anaheim, the Hinsdale (Illinois) native has recorded seven points in 22 regular season games and seven points in seventeen Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Free agency is set to open at 12 p.m. ET on Wednesday, July 13th.
Source: Pierre LeBrun - Insider Trading.
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