Graduated Prospect: Tim Washe

By Thomas Harrington

The Anaheim Ducks signed undrafted forward Tim Washe in April of last year. Before signing with the Ducks, Washe played at Western Michigan University for five seasons. He was their captain in his final season of NCAA hockey, helping lead them to the NCAA Championship. This season he played in both the NHL and AHL.

Washe started the year in San Diego, and was the team’s third line center, taking the spot left open by Nathan Gaucher’s early season injury. He saw time on both the powerplay and penalty kill and was named as San Diego’s representative at the AHL All-Star Game. He scored his first goal in his first game of the season, and had a seven-game point streak in November.

Washe was called up to Anaheim in early January, before heading back to San Diego a month later during the Olympic break. He was called back up to the Ducks in late February, and stayed there for the rest of the season. Overall, Washe played 36 AHL games and scored 14 goals and 27 points. Despite playing only half a season for the Gulls, Washe still finished eighth in goals and 10th in points.

With the Ducks, Washe played in 39 games and scored two goals and five points, most often being deployed as the team’s fourth line center and seeing time on the penalty kill. He scored his first career goal in his fourth game of the season against Los Angeles in mid-January. However, the most impressive thing Washe did was in the faceoff circle. His 388 faceoffs taken were fifth on the team, but he led the team by winning 58% of his draws among players who take at least 100 faceoffs. In the entire NHL among players who took at least 100 draws, Washe ranked 13th overall.

Washe played in all 12 playoff games for the Ducks and recorded one assist. He once again led the team in faceoff win percentage by winning 59.2% of the draws he took. His lone assist came against Edmonton in game three of the first round series. Washe once again centered the team’s fourth line while seeing time on the penalty kill.

I had two expectations for Washe last summer, and he met them both. First, in his first full professional season, for Washe to improve as the season went on. He went from the AHL at the start of the season to the NHL at the end of the season, and played above some NHL veterans at the end of the regular season and into the playoffs. Second, for his defensive game to improve and do well in the faceoff circle. The amount of trust that was given to him in the playoffs was impressive, as was his work on the dot.

Anaheim’s roster remains a work in progress, but what should remain consistent is Washe as the team’s fourth line center. One thing I would like to see out of him is more offense going forward. He’s shown that he can score at the NCAA and AHL levels, now I’d like to see him light the lamp a little more in the NHL.

Washe has one year left on his current contract and he’ll be a restricted free agent next summer. Unless his game absolutely craters this year, he should be re-signed a year from now. It won’t be a long-term deal, but he should get a nice raise from the $813,000 he’ll make this coming year.

The next and final graduated prospect will be Beckett Sennecke.

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July 11th 2026