The Ducks landed forward Mikael Granlund with a three-year, $21 million contract on Tuesday in their first major free-agent signing in at least two seasons,.

Granlund, 33, split last season between San Jose and Dallas. He compiled 22 goals, 44 assists and 66 points. He managed to stay level despite a significant swing in circumstances, having been dealt from bottom-dwelling San Jose to contending Dallas.

Granlund is capable of playing in all situations as well as lining up at center or either wing position. He adds scoring punch to a team that finished 30th in the NHL in goals last season.

“He’s a very versatile player. He was really good on faceoffs last year,” Ducks GM Pat Verbeek said. “He can kill penalties, play the power play and he can really go up and down the lineup. I thought he had a really good playoff.”

Verbeek added “the beauty” of Granlund was that he didn’t need to have his role set in stone, though his comments about faceoffs suggested Granlund would be used primarily as a center.

“He’s what I’d consider a hard-worker. He goes to the hard areas, something that we needed more of,” Verbeek said. “He’s not afraid to be a net-front-presence guy. He’s a guy who hangs on to pucks in the corners for more puck possession. He’s a very smart hockey player.”

The Ducks missed out on the biggest names in free agency despite owner Henry Samueli’s guarantee of a blank check.

In addition Granlund’s signing, the Ducks rounded out their coaching staff.

Their biggest hire was former Edmonton Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft, who will be tasked primarily with turning around a hapless power play.

Woodcroft coached the Oilers for parts of three seasons, including two playoff runs that saw them reach the conference finals and the second round. He is from the coaching tree of former Kings bench boss Todd McLellan, having worked with him in various capacities in Detroit, San Jose and Edmonton.

Now, he will be operating under another big-ticket coach, four-time Stanley Cup champion Joel Quenneville.

Woodcroft guided the Oilers to consecutive second-place finishes in the Pacific Division, including a 50-win season in his only full campaign as coach. He was fired after a 3-9-1 start to the 2023-24 season. His replacement, Kris Knoblauch, stewarded the Oilers to consecutive Stanley Cup Finals, losing both.

Quenneville also brought in former New Jersey assistant Ryan McGill to run the penalty kill. McGill guided the Devils to the league’s second-best PK last year.

Verbeek said he would be “ecstatic” if the Ducks could approximate that success with their heretofore anemic shorthanded group.

While Tim Army, the Ducks’ “eye in the sky” during games, remained with the staff, they’ll have another set of peepers with Andrew Brewer. He worked as an assistant for Toronto and then as a video coach, including time under Quenneville in Florida.

The Ducks also added two assistants to Matt McIlvane’s staff with the San Diego Gulls, the Ducks’ top minor league affiliate.

Dave Manson, the father of former Ducks defenseman Josh Manson, and Michael Babcock, the son of former Ducks coach Mike Babcock, will join McIlvane.

“We really focused in on quality, quality coaching,” Verkeek said, “and I feel very fortunate that we got the guys that we got. Mixed in with Joel, I think we’ve got an outstanding staff.”