In a hard salary cap driven league it is difficult for any team to keep it’s core together, especially a budget team such as the Anaheim Ducks. Salary cap issues have created a lot of roster turnover recently, not just in Anaheim but in places like Chicago as well.
We saw the effects of these cap issues hit hard this offseason as Ducks general manager Bob Murray was forced to make a number of difficult moves in preparation for the future. Two 2016 RFA’s, Kyle Palmieri and Emerson Etem were traded as the Ducks were not going to have the money to re-sign them.