Duck John Gibson was dealt to Detroit for another goalie, Petr Mrázek, and picks, a day before the Ducks re-signed Ville Husso as their No. 3 netminder with the cash saved in the Gibson swap. Even when the Ducks made an addition via trade, that of Jacob Trouba, a departure soon followed, that of Cam Fowler.

The Ducks did make a straight addition with the acquisition of Chris Kreider, a former 52-goal scorer who scored just 22 last year, and from the sound of things, they plan to make more via free agency and/or trades. Given that the only team with more cap space is San Jose and they likely won’t spend near the ceiling, the Ducks could dish more dollars than any other team potentially.

“I’ve been looking for more improved scoring. That’s the one area, I’d like to add goals to our lineup,” Verbeek said on Friday’s NHL draft broadcast. “So, certainly, we’ll look at trying to do that. Getting Poehling has helped our bottom six and shored that up. We’re looking, probably, at defense as well.”

Goaltending

One area where the Ducks have been bustling but will soon cease activity altogether is in net. Once they dole out their unrestricted free agent dollars, a major focus will be re-signing restricted free agent Lukáš Dostaál. He became their unequivocal No. 1 goalie after the Gibson trade, if not before with his stellar play last season.

Mrázek gives the Ducks an option to play “at least 30” games behind Dostál, Verbeek said, with Husso waiting in the wings in the event of an injury to either roster goalie. Both Dostál and Mrázek are Czech and have a rapport already.

“The cool thing is that Lukáš and Peter were teammates at the World Championships, they’re very familiar with one another, they’re good friends,” Verbeek said via teleconference on Saturday. “Peter’s very competitive. Having that relationship, they’re going to push each other real hard and they’re going to be a good tandem.”

Defense

The Ducks have a deep bunch of young defensemen behind two veterans on the right side, captain Radko Gudas and Trouba, that just got even deeper since their nine Day 2 selections at the draft included four more rearguards. Restricted free agent Drew Helleson (right defense) needs a new contract and the Ducks’ surplus of young defenders means that a D-for-forward swap could materialize. Overall, all six roster defenseman after the trade of Brian Dumoulin in March are still under either contract or team control for next season, and Verbeek has made it clear that additions on defense are a peripheral priority outside of adding scoring punch.

Bowen Byram, who ironically was developed largely by former Ducks coach Greg Cronin in Colorado, could be a trade piece in play. Yet the Ducks have three rostered left defensemen, plus their four picks and a first-rounder last year, Stian Solberg, and would likely only make a significant acquisition under ideal circumstances.

Forwards

The Ducks lacked quality power-play components and seemed to be overextending much of their forward group in terms of responsibility, even last season after the arrival of Cutter Gauthier, who finished fifth in Calder Trophy voting. The addition of Kreider may have been offset by the subtraction of Zegras (ironically, the two are close friends) and now Verbeek can get down to further business with nearly $40 million in cap space.

Some of that is earmarked for Mason McTavish, another core piece and pending restricted free agent, but most of it can go toward upgrades from the open market or through trades.

Qualifying offers

The Ducks’ two most notable RFAs, Dostál and McTavish, are sure to earn well above their qualifying offers ultimately.

They were among the eight Ducks to be tendered qualifying offers. NCAA free-agent signing Tim Washe, who inked a free-agent deal and played two games at center after winning the national title with Western Michigan, was also a lock to be qualified, as were forward Sam Colangelo and defenseman Drew Helleson.

Prospects Jan Myšák (center), Calle Clang (goalie) and Judd Caufield (winger) were also qualified.

A trio of RFAs were not offered contracts, two of whom were regulars in orange last season. In addition to prospect Josh Lopina, neither forward Brett Leason nor center Isac Lundeström were tendered.

Leason was a waiver pickup from the Washington Capitals whom the Ducks thought could be an impact player on their third line. He was, intermittently, but found himself in and out of the lineup in what appeared to be an ongoing series of wakeup calls.

Lundeström, a 2018 first-round pick, recovered from a torn Achilles tendon two years ago and was a trusted player last season under Greg Cronin. Yet he was likely squeezed out by the acquisition of former Philadelphia Flyers center Ryan Poehling in the Trevor Zegras trade, as Poehling offers more size and scoring prowess.

The team’s available salary cap dollars might not be the advantage it seems as the free-agent market shriveled on Monday.