Rumor Roundup Puts Ducks Extensions And Wild Center Search In Focus

The rumor mill is already doing what it does best, which is poking at contracts and depth charts before anyone in a front office wants the cameras on it. Anaheim’s young core keeps drawing attention because extensions for players like Carlsson and Gauthier would shape the club’s timeline in a hurry. Minnesota, meanwhile, is still looking for that No. 1 center, and that kind of search usually says the same thing whether a team admits it or not - it knows exactly what it is missing.