Ducks General Manager Pat Verbeek spoke to media Monday afternoon about the trade that sent Trevor Zegras to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for center Ryan Poehling, a 2025 second-round selection and a 2026 fourth-round selection.

Anaheim Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek explained why he made the Trevor Zegras trade with the Philadelphia Flyers.

Some of them still figure to be worn by the patrons at Honda Center next season and maybe beyond, but Trevor Zegras will no longer be on the ice for the Ducks, with general manager Pat Verbeek completing on Monday the trade that had been speculated, rumored, discussed, dreaded and maybe even fantasized about for many months, perhaps years.