What do the Ducks get in Kevin Shattenkirk?

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesWhen free agency opened on October 9, the Ducks were looking for a change on the blue line and they found it in Kevin Shattenkirk. The 31-year-old defender signed a three-year contract worth $11.7 million that includes a modified no-trade clause.

We’ll first dive into the contract and then take a look at the player earning it and how he’ll fit into Anaheim.

The Contract

With no signing bonuses, Shattenkirk’s contract is interestingly backloaded in real dollars and carries a cap hit of $3.9 million that accounts for 4.79 percent of the team’s cap space.

CapFriendly His base salary is just $2.5 million in 2021, graduating to $4.95 million by 2023. The modified…