from Luke Fox of Sportsnet,

Since your favourite team stopped skating, the NHL’s off-season has busied itself with a steady series of firings and hirings, buyouts and long-term commitments, free agents and trades, draft picks and tampering.

In attempt to summarize the action and pass way-too-premature judgment on the front offices who made all of these transactions, we’ve power-ranked the off-seasons of all 30 NHL teams thus far.

Sure, there will be plenty of more Kevin Shattenkirk rumours and RFA bickering in our future, but this will give you a brief glimpse at the teams who have impressed us from a business standpoint through free agency’s opening week (everything is coming up Stevie Y) and those who have taken a step back — but only on paper.

It should be noted that this is a ranking of the clubs’ recent moves only, with the best off-season at the top and the worst ranked No. 30. The order should not be read as which teams have the best chance at winning the 2017 Stanley Cup, but rather as which teams improved the most by making smart decisions....

#30 Anaheim Ducks After finishing with the best defence, power play and penalty kill in the NHL, the Ducks traded away their best goalie, fired their head coach and let good wingers David Perron, Jamie McGinn and Brandon Pirri walk in free agency. Coach Randy Carlyle's new/old squad extended young D-man Sami Vatanen, has yet to lock up Hampus Lindholm and is reportedly exploring a trade for Cam Fowler. Already known for defence prospects, Anaheim scooped two forwards, Max Jones and Sam Steel, in Round 1 of the draft, then signed buyouts Jared Boll and Mason Raymond.

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