Ducks Sign A.J. Greer To A Four-Year Deal

The Ducks have signed forward A.J. Greer to a four-year $17MM contract, according to TVA Sports’ Renaud Lavoie. The contract will carry an AAV of $4.25MM and have a ten-team NTC (No Trade Clause) for the duration of the deal, as reported by Elliotte Freidman with Sportsnet.ca.

Anaheim acquired Greer’s negotiating rights from the Panthers on Monday in exchange for the rights to Radko Gudas, who’s expected to return to Florida. The 29-year-old set new career highs with 17 goals and 15 assists for 32 points in 78 games this past season, and won the Stanley Cup with the Panthers in 2025.

Greer’s path to Anaheim has been a winding one. A second-round pick (39th overall) by Colorado in 2015, the former BU Terrier made his NHL debut with the Avalanche in 2016. Over the next several years, Greer was up and down between the AHL and NHL, spending time with the Avalanche, Islanders, and Devils.  In July of 2022, Greer signed a two-year deal in Boston before the Bruins placed him on waivers in October 2023, where Calgary claimed him. He signed with Florida as a free agent that following summer on a two-year, $1.7MM deal carrying an $850K cap hit, and turned that into a career year in his second season with the club.

Greer has built a reputation as a reliable shutdown forward over his career, logging regular shifts on the penalty kill and bringing physicality to whatever line he’s slotted on. He led the Panthers with 130 penalty minutes and 222 hits in 2024-25, his first season in South Florida, then backed it up with 203 hits and 113 PIM during his breakout campaign this past season. He carried that identity into the playoffs as well, holding down a regular role on Florida’s checking fourth line throughout their run to the 2025 Stanley Cup. Defensive reliability, physical play and penalty-killing value have been the calling cards of his career, regardless of how much he’s chipped in offensively.

At 6’3″ and 207 pounds, Greer gives Pat Verbeek‘s club another physical, defensively responsible piece for the bottom six, continuing the GM’s trend of adding size and grit around Anaheim’s young core.