By now, the Ducks off-season is taking shape, in typical Ducks off-season fashion.
After spending a whopping $0 on the first day of free-agency—and letting several important (and completely signable) UFAs walk—the Ducks brought on Mason Raymond, Jeff Schultz, Nate Guenin, and Jared Boll with deals on the “Bargain Bob” cheap.
The signings harken to a team in flux—perhaps more importantly, however, they speak of a team trying to compensate for a tight budget by filling out its roster with low risk, sometimes-maybe-possibly-high-reward players.
Increasingly, Anaheim’s internal cap is looking more and more the curse, hindering the team’s ability to obtain high-quality players (and so compete with the skill-based likes of the East).