It is that time of year again! Like in years past – this post will serve as a one-stop shop for all of the signings and departures for the San Diego Gulls 2026-2027 Team, keep track of who is and who is not going to be on the San Diego Gulls 2026-2027 Team here.
Below is a time line of the departures and arrivals as well as a line-up at the bottom that will be continually updated as news comes to hand.
The New Guys
New signings and acquisitions will appear here with some write-ups about what we can expect from them.
Anton Wahlberg
Acquired in the deal that saw Olen Zellweger moved the day before the 2026 entry draft – Wahlberg has a combined 140 games of AHL experience across two full seasons and one black-ace appearance at the conclusion of his 2023 draft season. Last season he finished tied for fourth on Rochester squad in scoring and third on the squad in assists. Selected by Buffalo 39th overall in 2023 using a pick they acquired from the Flyers in the Rasmus Ristolainen trade two years prior; Wahlberg was a late riser. Much like Myatovic – whom the Ducks took six picks ahead of him. His draft profile described him as an impactful two-way center that fits the mold of a prototypical power-forward. It also noted he was more of a threat with his shot offensively than as a play-maker yet he appears to have emerged as a play-driver with the amount of assists he has put up in the AHL. My first impression is he is a bigger more “power forward” version of Jan Mysak and will likely fill the minutes left by the departing Czech center.
Ethan Procyszyn
To be honest I completely forgot that Procyszyn was starting this professional career this season – amongst the slew of other CHL prospects that elected to go the College route I kind of assumed he was doing the same. Taken in the third round of the 2024 draft – 68th overall and using their own selection after taking Maxim Masse two picks earlier (using San Joses 66th overall which was acquired in the Thrun deal) he is yet another big-bodied center in the shape of a power forward. His draft profile praised his high IQ and ability to use his size to his advantage on both sides of the puck, but it also cautions his skating as needing work; it also mentioned his long-range shooting game as something to be desired. I mentioned in my post-draft write-up that he was the biggest reach of the draft for the Ducks but that Assistant GM Martin Madden defended his selection by stating he is “going to be a penalty kill guy”. I did add the caveat that given his make-up and skill-set he could be a force as a Power Forward but he would need to make those improvements. He had 64 points in 68 games in the OHL the year before but failed to surpass those totals this year, providing 59 points in 65 games. Those numbers still aren’t exactly the type to be glanced over – he did finish in the top 40 in scoring for the league (with Ducks recent pick Nikita Klepov running away with it at the top) but given the history of CHL kids struggling initially I would bet he starts the season in Tulsa.
Jet Woo
I am somewhat dubious of this signing. Woo had a lot of promise at the time of his draft but hasn’t really put it all together during his time with the Canucks and the fact that he couldn’t even get a sniff of their NHL roster over the last six years doesn’t make him look all that great either. He has serviceable in the AHL and yes there have been times where I have hated the Gulls playing against him but his offensive game might be a tad frustrating. Don’t get me wrong – he will slot in on the right side and likely fit in easily despite needing to fill the very big shoes left by Tristan Luneau but he won’t be the best defencemen on the San Diego blue line. He had 7 points in 26 games with the Canucks last season before being traded at the deadline to the Barracuda where he registered just two points in 17 games. Perhaps what I don’t like the most about his game is his appetite for penalty minutes, he had 78 with the Canucks last year – good for second on the team and shared the lead for PIMs per Game with an average of three per game. These aren’t all fighting majors – having watched him play against the Gulls – I know he is a love for taking stupid penalties.
Woo has played 310 games – just ten shy of the Veteran rule limit.
Corey Schueneman
I don’t know a heck of a lot about Scheuneman – he appears to be one of those “flys under the radar” veteran defenders. He has seen time Stockton after signing there as an undrafted free-agent at the completion of four years at the University of Western Michigan. Then moved around the Montreal organisation, then came West to Colorado, St Louis and finally the Hershey Bears last season. He finished second on the Bears in scoring by defenders – 31 points in 71 games and had a +9 to lead their blue line.
I am not sure if he is a replacement for anyone but given he has been brought in on a two year deal the Ducks are looking to have him mentor some of the right shooting defenders coming.
Schueneman has played 417 games – making him way over the veteran limit.
James Hamblin
Much like the arrival of Phillips last season – Gulls fans will be very familiar with Mr James Hamblin. The Pacific division really is a whirlpool of recycling vets from one team to the next. He did some damage to the Gulls whilst wearing a Condors sweater for the past five or so years and finished last year seventh on the team in scoring – putting together 27 goals, 14 assists and 41 points. The Gulls are counting on him to hit the 20 goal mark once again as they only had Sasha Pastujov and Justin Bailey hit that target last season.
Hamblin has played 323 games and thus is a veteran and subject to the veteran rule.
Laurent Brossoit
Brossoit is the token depth goaltender signing that will serve as the Gulls defacto number one to start the season and be first on the I-5 Shuttle should one of Dostal or Husso go down with injury. He played the majority of last season with the Barracuda – putting up a .901 SV% and 2.91 GAA.
Travis Mitchell
Signed at the tail end of the slew of depth signings made on the first day of Free Agency – Mitchell is another left shot defender that appears to be another with a penchant for taking penalty minutes. He had 87 last season – third on the Islanders.
He was also however a +3 on a team that finished with a 34-30-3-5 record, fourth in the Atlantic.
Either he or Schuennaman will be replacing Tyson Hinds minutes and I guess it’s better than having a raw inexperienced mistake prone rookie but I also wouldn’t expect much on the offensive side of the puck.
He had had 17 points in 58 games but scored just the one goal, a feat he remarkably managed to duplicate in a game against Anaheim during a brief 9 NHL game stint.
He provides additional depth in the extreme likelihood that Solberg sees some time with the Ducks.
He has played 172 games so is creeping up there.
Matt Basgall
Basgall isn’t exactly a “new guy” having made his audition at the tail-end of last season as a PTO Black Ace after his College season completed. The 2026 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year played four regular season games with the Gulls – scoring his first professional goal and collecting an assist for two points while finishing with a very small sample size +6 – tied for second best on the team. He played in both San Diego playoff games also – going scoreless and was a -1. After the departures of veterans Nik Brouillard and Roland McKeown he automatically slots into the line-up and looked good on the right side of Stian Solberg at the tail end of the season.
Kyle Kukkonen
Kukkonen is one of the older Ducks prospects to finally turn pro having been drafted in the sixth round of the 2021 draft. Only Artyom Galimov from the 2020 draft is yet to make an appearance. Kukkonen initially looked like he may have been a steal after a 27 points in 39 game freshman year campaign in his post-draft year but production completely dropped off for the remainder of his collegiate career and he finished in senior year at the University of Wisconsin with just 6 points in 28 games in a season that saw him battling with injuries throughout. Kukkonen is a shoot-first center-come-winger and his numbers through college mostly reflect that – although he did provide a balanced 10 goals and 9 assist campaign in his Junior year; his first with the Badgers. His age and experience should help the transition to the professional game but with how the Gulls depth is looking right now I would expect Kukkonen to start the year in Tulsa if not perhaps spend the entire season there. At the very same token – he would be my dark-horse for a call-up that could surprise and stick. Oh yeah and if you fancy a blast from the past – check out the 2021 draft recap I wrote what feels like a thousand years ago.
Sasha Mutala
I hope this isn’t a case of “there can only be one Sasha” because the silence on the Sasha Pastujov new contract front is more than a little concerning. There is a new Sasha in town. Sasha Mutala I don’t know too much about – other than the fact that he has a pretty cool name. He appears to have gone the Nik Brouillard route – making an initial start in the AHL/ECHL after Juniors but then opting to go University first. He had 46 points in 28 games in his final year at the University of British Columbia before joining the Oilers for a stint last season. He had 7 points in 14 games in Tulsa. The 6’1″ 201lbs winger shoots right but can play either side and was originally a fifth round selection of the Colorado Avalanche in 2019. Reading his old draft profiles lends a certain element of familiarity to what the Ducks have been drafting lately. Statements like “power forward”, “create havoc on forecheck”, “create turnovers” but knocks on him cited that he does not have one elite talent to elevate him. One article compared him to Chris Kunitz – another player the Ducks discovered. I must say I am impressed with what Rick Paterson is doing to give San Diego some solid depth in Tulsa – if Mutala can emulate what Brouillard did; he could be another impressive dark-horse that challenges for a spot.
Jake Lee
A team-mate of Mutala at the University of British Colombia for the same span of time – Lee is billed as a two-way defender but went undrafted in 2019 despite playing in a CHL Top Prospects Game and being invited to a summer selection camp for Canada before he turned 18. He started in the WHL as a 15 year old and played his final season as a 20 year old – putting up 46 points in 66 games in Kelowna. As a freshman at the U of BC he had 27 points in 28 games and then surpassed that the next season as a Junior with 34 points in 28 games. He matched those numbers again this past season in his final year and saw 14 games in Tulsa where he put up four points including three goals. A left shot defencemen with puck rushing ability, strong IQ and can play both special teams. He will start in Tulsa but should provide an exciting call-up option; will be interesting to see how he goes compared to Kinal.
Jackson Niedermayer
Niedermayer burst onto the scene when he scored his first professional goal for the Oilers late last season after joining them following the end of his tenure at Bowling Green where he had 17 points in 32 games. The middle-son of Hall of Famer Scott Niedermayer – he plays a LOT like his Dad; based of what I saw of his first professional goal. Splitting College between Arizona State and Bowling Green he was used as both a forward and defensemen in Arizona – which is just so Niedermayer. He had 7 points in 17 games for the Oilers and will hope to build on those numbers this season in Tulsa.
Marcus Nordmark
I wasn’t sure if I should include Nordmark here but after he signed his ELC in July all indications strongly pointed to him coming to North America as soon as this season. Nordmark was taken with the 28th selection in the 2026 NHL entry draft – one of two first round picks acquired in the Mason McTavish draft-day deal (which the Ducks then moved up a spot again to ensure they got him). He was widely regarded as one of the most skilled players in the draft but scared a lot of teams off with his work ethic and inconsistency. I noted on twitter that the Ducks were taking a risk in selecting him given they no longer had a trusted development coach like McIlvane there to guide him but given the work Dave Manson has done with the likes of Tyson Hinds and Noah Warren I am not as concerned as I was at that time. If Nordmark is indeed joining the Gulls this season he will provide an exciting dimension to the team and hopefully a much needed talent injection to aid in jump-starting some players whose development has stagnated like Yegor Sidorov.
Sean Farrell
Acquired in the one for one swap with Montreal for Sasha Pastujov – Farrell is a year older (24) and smaller (5’10) but plays a pure play driving – set-up man game. Noted as a “heady” player he combines elite play-making ability with smarts. He finished third on the Rocket last season in points (53) and second in assists (36). Assists do not replace goals and the Gulls have now lost their top two goal scorers and the only ones to surpass 20 but the Ducks clearly felt it was time to move on from Pastujov who would not have been waiver exempt this season while likely finding it hard to cement a full time NHL roster spot. Farrell did have the second most Power Play goals in Laval – with 9 so that helps and he lead the team in Power Play assists and had three shoot-out goals with a 30% conversion rate. It is difficult to place where he slots into the line-up given that apparently he has not played center since before he was drafted but I will place him on the left wing for now.
He has played 192 games – close to the veteran limit.
Player List
Again like last off-season, its color coded by who is under contract, who is not and who has now departed.
Notes:
At this early point of the off-season I am working under the assumption that the following players are with the Ducks or moved elsewhere next season.
Sam Colangelo, Nikita Nesterenko, Tyson Hinds, Tristan Luneau.
Forwards
| No. | Name | Position | Status | 26-27 Team |
| 11 | Jan Mysak | C | Signed with HV71 | HV71 (SHL) |
| 12 | Justin Bailey | RW | Signed with Barys | Barys (KHL) |
| 13 | Nikita Nesterenko | LW | Signed through 26-27 | Anaheim Ducks / San Diego Gulls |
| 14 | Coulson Pitre | RW/C | Signed through 26-27 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) / Tulsa Oilers (ECHL) |
| 16 | Sasha Pastujov | RW | Traded to Montreal | Montreal Canadiens (NHL) / Laval Rocket (AHL) |
| 17 | Nathan Gaucher | C | Signed through 26-27 | Anaheim Ducks (NHL) / San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| 18 | Matthew Phillips | RW | Signed through 26-27 | Anaheim Ducks (NHL) / San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| 19 | Yegor Siorov | RW | Signed through 26-27 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| 21 | Nico Myatovic | LW | Signed through 26-27 | San Diego GUlls (AHL) |
| 22 | Ryan Carpenter | C | Extended through 26-27 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| 23 | Lucas Pettersson | LW | Signed through 28-29 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| 24 | Travis Howe | RW | Extended through 26-27r | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| 25 | Cal Burke | RW | UFA | |
| 26 | Roger McQueen | C | Signed through 28-29 | Anaheim Ducks (NHL) / San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| 28 | Judd Caulfield | RW | Signed through 27-28 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| 29 | Sam Colangelo | RW | Signed through 26/27 | Anaheim Ducks (NHL) / San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| 36 | Drew Elliott | LW | Signed through 26-27 | Tulsa Oilers (ECHL) |
| 40 | Herman Traff | RW | Signed through 28/29 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| ?? | Anton Wahlberg | C/LW | Signed through 27-28 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| ?? | Ethan Procyszyn | C/RW | Signed through 28-29 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) / Tulsa Oilers (ECHL) |
| ?? | James Hamblin | C/LW | Signed through 27-28 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| ?? | Sean Farrell | LW/C | Signed through 26-27 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| ?? | Macus Nordmark | LW | Signed through 28-29 | Djugarden (SHL) / San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
Defense
| No. | Name | Position | Status | 26-27 Team |
| 2 | Noah Warren | RD | Signed through 26/27 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| 3 | Matt Basgall | RD | Signed through 26-27 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| 5 | Tyson Hinds | LD | Signed through 27-28 | Anaheim Ducks (NHL) |
| 6 | Tristan Luneau | RD | Signed through 26-27 | Anaheim Ducks (NHL) |
| 7 | Stian Solberg | LD | Signed through 27-28 | Anaheim Ducks (NHL) / San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| 15 | Nik Brouillard | RD | Signed with Djugarden | Djurgarden(SHL) |
| 37 | Roland McKeown | RD | Signed with San Jose | San Jose Barracuda (AHL) |
| 38 | Konnor Smith | LD | Signed through 27-28 | Tulsa Oilers (ECHL) |
| 41 | Roman Kinal | LD | Signed through 26-27 | Tulsa Oilers (ECHL) / San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| ?? | Jet Woo | RD | Signed through 27-28 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| ?? | Corey Schueneman | LD | Signed through 27-28 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| ?? | Travis Mitchell | LD | Signed through 26-27 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
Goaltending
| No. | Name | Position | Signed Through | 26-27 Team |
| 30 | Tomas Suchanek | G | Signed through 26-27 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| 31 | Calle Clang | G | Signed with Rogle BK | Rogle BK (SHL) |
| 35 | Damian Clara | G | Signed through 27-28 | San Diego Gulls (AHL) |
| 32 | Vyacheslav Buteyets | G | Signed with Traktor (KHL) | Shanghai (KHL) |
| ?? | Laurent Brossoit | G | Signed through 26-27 | San Diego Gulls (AHL / Anaheim Ducks (NHL) |
Line Up
And the lines may end up like this…
| . | Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| L1 | Nico Myatovic | Ryan Carpenter | Matthew Phillips |
| L2 | Yegor Sidorov | Roger McQueen | Herman Traff |
| L3 | James Hamblin | Nathan Gaucher | Judd Caulfield |
| L4 | Sean Farrell | Anton Wahlberg | Coulson Pitre |
| Spares: Lucas Pettersson, Ethan Procyszn | |||
| . | Left D | Right D |
| P1 | Stian Solberg | Matt Basgall |
| P2 | Travis Mitchell | Noah Warren |
| P3 | Corey Schueneman | Jet Woo |
| . | Goal |
| G1 | Laurent Brossoit |
| G2 | Tomas Suchanek |
| G3 | Damian Clara |
| Spares: | |
| Denotes Veteran Status | |
| Denotes Wild-Cart Vet Status | |
| UFA | |
| Under Contract | |
| RFA |
No Longer Waiver Exempt
The following are no longer exempt or are not exempt from passing through waivers.
- Judd Caulfield
- James Hamblin
- Sam Colangelo
- Sean Farrell
- Ryan Carpenter
- Matthew Phillips
- Jett Woo
- Corey Schueneman
- Travis Mitchell
- Nathan Gaucher
- Nikita Nesterenko
- Laurent Brossoit
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