Eric Stephens of The Athletic: The Anaheim Ducks are headed towards a lottery pick – potentially an early pick in the first round. They had been trying to add to their blue line since the offseason – Justin Faulk and Kevin Shattenkirk – and added Erik Gudranson.
It didn’t make sense to offer up first-round pick(s) and prospect(s) for someone like Taylor Hall. Defenseman Torey Krug and forward Chris Kreider would help the Ducks, but moving assets for them wouldn’t make them contenders or much sense right now.