Anaheim Ducks: 2020 Trade Deadline in Retrospect

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ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 25: Sonny Milano #22 of the Anaheim Ducks reacts to his goal with Ryan Getzlaf #15 and Christian Djoos #29, to take a 1-0 lead over the Edmonton Oilers, during the first period at Honda Center on February 25, 2020 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /

The 2021 NHL Trade Deadline is only eight days away. The Anaheim Ducks have already made one trade, trading Antoine Mordan to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Russian forward, Alexander Volkov. While we wait in limbo for Bob Murray to do something, anything, or quite possibly nothing, we’re going to take a look back on his crazy liquidation sale at the 2020 NHL Trade Deadline.

This is the most active I have seen GMBM at the trade deadline, at least in recent memory. In total, the Anaheim Ducks made 7 trades. In hindsight, however, some of these trades didn’t work out how the organization had hoped.

Incoming assets: 2020 1st round pick (Boston), 2020 4th round pick (conditional*), 2022 6th round pick (Nashville), David Backes, Axel Andersson, Danton Heinen, Sonny Milano, Matt Irwin, Kyle Criscuolo, and Joel Persson.

Outgoing assets: Ondrej Kase, Nick Ritchie, Derek Grant, Korbinian Holzer, Devin Shore, Daniel Sprong, Angus Redmond, and 2022 7th round pick (Ducks)

Anaheim Ducks Less Significant Trades of the 2020 Trade Deadline

Korbinian Holzer for Matt Irwin and 2022 6th Round Pick: How Bob Murray got both a player and an asset for Korbinian Holzer is beyond me. Nevertheless, even though the Ducks won’t get to use this pick until 2022, an asset is still an asset. Korbi was definitely a glue guy for the Anaheim Ducks but received a lot of criticism from fans in his final season with the team.

Matt Irwin had 1 point in 9 games with the Ducks but would end up signing with the Buffalo Sabres in free agency over the offseason. Holzer would return to Europe and sign a contract with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the KHL.

The players in this trade didn’t really make a distinct impact for either of their respective clubs. However, the 2022 draft pick is a nice bonus, even if it is a 6th round selection.

Angus Redmon and a 2022 Conditional 7th Round Pick for Joel Persson: This trade hasn’t really affected the Anaheim Ducks at all. Persson has yet to play a game for the Anaheim Ducks which means the Edmonton Oilers will not receive their 2022 Conditional 7th Round pick (the condition being that Persson plays 25 games in the NHL in the 2020-21 season which was prorated to 17 games due to the shortened season.)

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