This off-season the Anaheim Ducks had a couple of important restricted free agents (RFA’s) to sign. Ondrej Kase, Brandon Montour, and Nick Ritchie, if you place him in the group, all needed to be signed this summer. While the saga with Ritchie has been well documented, the other two were signed with relative ease. Yes, Montour went to arbitration but the negotiations there were figured out quickly.
On top of that, GM Bob Murray also extended Adam Henrique and John Gibson avoiding free agency negotiations this summer.