Yeah that's what I was getting from some of the discussion, then when NoSaint 'clarified' I went back to being confused
With your explanation, it's easy to see how the Pegulas and Ralph would be different, since the Pegulas seem ok with spending whatever, as long as they are under the cap. Under Ralph it seemed like we only kept the cap in mind, and tried to only use the cap money.
Whatever though, I'm just glad we're being aggressive in keeping our good players. Even if we have a lot tied up in the DL, that's ok to me, because we don't need to do it another way for a couple years at least.