Lightly Oiled E-Town Team

Buffalo declines, he doesn't really do anything for us

That return alone doesn’t get close to the value of the retention

Of course he doesn’t, same as it always is here.

In terms of straight up money being taken on where they get no actual player back, 3.2 mil for one year you could estimate at like a 2nd rounder. Now that’s 5 times over. Ignore Gobson as a player + taking on Kassian (who makes similar money for 2 years, and yes he is an NHL player so while it isn’t worth a 2nd per year to drop him off, it probably costs a 3rd overall to dump him), you’re giving here a mid-late 1st and Pulju for 5 2nds worth of value let’s say. Estimating a mid-late 1st to be worth let’s say 3 later 2nds, that means it’s Pulju for 2 2nds. While Pulju definitely holds more value than 2 2nds, he doesn’t hold an insane amount more than that, and goes to show that you’ve paid a bit more than what was needed for just the retained salary. With Kassian dump, 5th + depth prospect; and of course the main piece himself, you’re quite far behind on value. Personally I’m not as high on Gibson as lots of others are (yes he plays on a bad team but his results are still pretty disappointing), he still has lots of potential to be the goalie he has in the past on a better team that he has a reason to play hard for, and you’re minimum like a Dylan Holloway short on value here. Maybe this deal could go as is without the retained salary, but in a tight cap world that retained salary holds a **** ton of value

Don't see where he fits, who is he replacing when Quinn and JJ hit the lineup.