Ducks take surprisingly quiet approach to free agency

Up to this point, Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek has operated in the cool comfort of a shadow cast by low expectations and nonexistent pressure as he made moves to stockpile futures and improve the organization’s long-term outlook.

With that freedom, he has embraced chaos time after time, shaking up the final rankings in 2023 when he took Leo Carlsson over Adam Fantilli and then unleashing an earthquake on the prospect order in 2024 when he launched Beckett Sennecke up the draft board.