The top-six left wing that can put the puck in the net would be nice. The backup goalie that can win games and start in the playoffs if it came to that will be necessary.

As NHL free agency officially opens for business Friday morning, the Ducks seemingly have the money available to operate as a big player. The harsh reality could be that they’re set on being a bit player.

Two areas of need have been identified by Ducks general manager Bob Murray — a left-shooting winger and a goalie that can play enough to give John Gibson, their newly undisputed No. 1, quality rest. A third may be another center as hard-luck Nate Thompson won’t be ready until March.

Finding a veteran backup will be a priority as the Ducks have dealt Frederik Andersen and aren’t ready to play Gibson 65 to 70 games and overwork him. Lower-cost options appear to be plentiful, with James Reimer among the best of those.

Reimer, 28, finished with San Jose last season but started 180 games with Toronto over six years. He was the Leafs’ goalie in their 2013 playoff appearance and played for new Ducks coach Randy Carlyle, but the two had a bumpy relationship during Carlyle’s time there.

If Reimer is a no-go, there are other possibilities in Al Montoya, Jhonas Enroth, Carter Hutton and Chad Johnson. Karri Ramo played against the Ducks in the 2015 playoffs but is coming off a torn ACL suffered in mid-February. The Ducks re-signed Dustin Tokarski, but he’ll be their No. 3 goalie, with Anton Khudobin heading to the KHL.

Finding a scoring winger will be tougher, given the lack of real difference makers and the Ducks’ unwillingness to spend to the salary-cap ceiling. They’re expected to have a slightly higher budget than the $65 million with which they operated last season, but it won’t be $73 million.

And the potential salaries of defenseman Hampus Lindholm and center Rickard Rakell, once their contracts are hammered out this summer, will consume a good part of the $15.6 million they have available under the cap, according to generalfanager.com.

Those contracts could combine for $8 million on an average annual value, and another $1.5 million or so for a goalie may leave only $3 million to spend if they do bump the budget above $70 million. And that means a big-time winger isn’t coming in unless some money goes out.

Milan Lucic is of interest after a solid lone season with the Kings. He and his family enjoy Southern California, but if the physical power forward with some scoring touch wants a six-year deal at $6 million per season, he’ll likely get it from another team. Edmonton and Vancouver brought the 28-year-old in for visits this week.

Loui Eriksson isn’t nearly as physical but plays a strong two-way game and is coming off a 30-goal, 63-point season. Eriksson, 30, has long been a Duck-killer going back to his days with Dallas, but he’s also looking for one last fat contract. So is Andrew Ladd, 30. Mikkel Boedker, 26, is younger and fast but might also be too pricey.

But there are cheaper free agents that will be in play. At 31, Eric Staal is in decline but has shown he can play on the wing and won’t command anywhere near the $9.5 million he made last season. Jason Chimera, 37, still has his wheels and can pot the occasional goal. P.A. Parenteau, 33, isn’t a great skater but finds ways to score.

Thomas Vanek, 32, could be a low-cost reclamation project after being bought out by Minnesota, but he had only 18 goals last season and is no defensive demon. He’s also a right-handed shot.

Some openings are up front in the Ducks’ projected lineup. Jamie McGinn is likely to get good money after scoring a career-high 22 goals last season and that could come elsewhere. Shawn Horcoff, Chris Stewart and Mike Santorelli won’t be back.

And while there is expressed interest from the team and David Perron on extending his stay in Anaheim, the Ducks don’t want to commit too much money or term and the winger is expected to check out the free-agent market.

On the trade front, the Ducks still have Cam Fowler as their best chip after shipping Andersen to Toronto. They’d be dealing from a position of strength to address a weakness. But, as proved by the fact he’s with the team after last weekend’s NHL draft, they’re not going to give him away.

Dealing Fowler in-season may be a more likely bet. Taylor Hall is off the table after Edmonton, in desperate need of quality defensemen, traded the speedy former No. 1 overall pick to New Jersey for Adam Larsson. It isn’t clear what level of interest the Ducks had in Hall.

No matter how thing shakes out, 2014 first-round pick Nick Ritchie could get a second shot at making a more favorable impression after showing that he wasn’t quite ready to play at NHL speed as a rookie.