Went big after the top free agent in the class and happy to land Josi. He's still relatively young at 33 and still very productive, so his value should hold. Immediately takes the role of #1 dman on the Ducks.
Lots more cash out there this year, but also the strongest Batch 1 I've seen in a long time, so not surprised by some higher priced contracts.
I think due to the strong batch, there were the additional attempts to clear cap like waiving guys. Waiving Zadorov was not in the plans, but a strong Batch gave me more room to take a swing on a few top guys.
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