Frank Vatrano
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Sep 18, 2026
Cody SpinkHOST
So here are the forwards.
Cody SpinkHOST
You got Leo Carlson, Judd Caulfield, Sam Colangelo, Sean Farrell, Nathan Gauthier, Cutter Godier, Mikhail Granlin, AJ Greer, James Hablin, Alex Killorn, Nikita Klepov, Cruz Lucius, Jeff Malott, Roger McQueen, Niko Majatovic, Nikita Nestorenko, Marcus Nordmark, Lucas Pedersen, Colson Petrie, Ryan Paling, Mathis Preston, Ethan Precision, Beckett Seneca, Igor Sidorov, Troy Terry, who's injured right now, but we already knew that, mon trough, Frank for Toronto, Anton Wahlberg, and Tim washy.
Cody SpinkHOST
And on defense, you got Drew Helleson, Tyson Hines, who is injured, but we'll talk about him on another video as well.
Cody SpinkHOST
Nick Jensen, Jaden Kurtz, Jackson Lacombe, Tristan Luno, Pavel Minchikov, Travis Mitchell, Ian Moore, Corey Schumann, Connor Smith, Stan Solberg, Noah Warren, and the best name on the list so far, Jet Wu.
Cody SpinkHOST
Now, Let's talk about how the teams were split up.
Cody SpinkHOST
So, and we got some lines matchups here.
Cody SpinkHOST
So you got Frank for Toronto, Leo Carlson and Beckett Seneca on team orange.
Cody SpinkHOST
Actually, I should say this.
Simon SalikasHOST
Yeah
Sean CampbellHOST
... again, i- if he was playing last year with Frank Vatrano and, uh, and, uh, you know, uh, Brady Veilleux on the third or fourth line of the Anaheim Ducks, the Ducks were a great team this year.
Sean CampbellHOST
The parallels with the Canadiens are obvious.
Simon SalikasHOST
Yeah.
Matt SekeresHOST
... because of this, but it means not having to pay an asset to get off a contract.
Matt SekeresHOST
It means being able to keep Alex Killorn, Frank Vatrano.
Matt SekeresHOST
Those were the other candidates we talked about.
Matt SekeresHOST
I suppose there might've been some others.
RJHOST
But I'm just curious your thought process there, 'cause there were legit like five or six different players.
RJHOST
Frank Vatrano also there.
RJHOST
Radko Gudas-
Curtis IsackeGUEST
Yeah
AlexHOST
Now, who are they gonna sign, shed? That becomes the million dollar question.
AlexHOST
Is it gonna be Chris Kreider? Is it gonna be Frank Vatrano? Someone along those lines would make the most sense.
AlexHOST
When that happens, and they inevitably do sign Cutter, which I think they will, it'll probably be to about 15, 16 million a year to a guy who literally played in the playoffs last year with a broken back.
AlexHOST
So we'll see how that holds up long term.
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Eric MartinoHOST
Like, that's a scary thought to be on your back end.
Eric MartinoHOST
[laughs] And, and look, like, like we said, if they wanna, if they wanna sign Cutter Gauthier, they gotta get rid of a contract.
Eric MartinoHOST
So now it's either you pay out your, out the nose to, for someone to take Cogliano or Frank Vatrano, or you have to actually trade someone like Chris Kreider, who actually has value.
Eric MartinoHOST
He's actually still playing at a decent pace.
Sam RobinsonGUEST
Lose against them because they have, um, Washington has Chucky, uh, Charlie Lindgren, and that's Hershey's affiliate.
Sam RobinsonGUEST
Um, Anaheim is Frank Vatrano, who I went to school with.
Sam RobinsonGUEST
Um, Nashville is Hunter Skinner, who was one of ours, and Toronto has Akil Thomas, which was also one of ours.
JacobHOST
Akil Thomas only played for us for, like, 60 games.
Matt SekeresHOST
...
Matt SekeresHOST
some trade protection, to Frank Vatrano, who has some trade protection.
Matt SekeresHOST
Three veteran wingers, all of them over 30 for the Ducks, all of them on pretty good tickets.
Matt SekeresHOST
Kreider and Killorn expire after this season.
Lee HamiltonHOST
So Carlsson's agents of the opinion, "My guy deserves equal pay." The Ducks have a cap issue, and that's a big issue.
Lee HamiltonHOST
How in the world are they gonna clear cap space so they can sign Cutter Gauthier to a state-of-the-art contract? Chris Kreider, Frank Vatrano, Alex Killorn are the three veterans that they could trade.
Lee HamiltonHOST
Between them, that's a combined $17.5 million they could move off the cap to use towards Cutter Gauthier.
Lee HamiltonHOST
But the problem, John, if you trade those three veterans, that means you're strip-mining your whole roster.
Brandon RewuckiGUEST
...
Brandon RewuckiGUEST
Frankie Vatrano, Alex Killorn.
Brandon RewuckiGUEST
You know, like, they, they have a few different, especially up front, they have a few different veteran forwards that I, I would imagine some team would be willing to take for nothing.
Brandon RewuckiGUEST
So like, I mean, that, that's the boring answer to your question, is that they sign him for far too much money, uh, similar to Leo Carlsson, but they keep him in the fold and, you know, there's one or two cap casualties on the way out.
Allan MitchellHOST
Um, Josh Sobolsky, uh, writing for, um, Pro Hockey Rumors, talked about the Anaheim Ducks remaining in active contract negotiation with Cutter Gauthier, uh, and saying they're gonna have to move some money, which I, I mean, it's obvious, and, and there's more there.
Allan MitchellHOST
But names like Chris Kreider, Alex Killorn, and Frank Vatrano, they're attached to a lot of money, and Josh, do you agree that if you're gonna trade Vatrano, you gotta put a first-round pick on that thing?
Josh FenwickPANELIST
Oh, yeah.
Allan MitchellHOST
Yeah.
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