Quoting: Xspyrit
Of course, nobody is forcing them to trade him, which is probably why they will keep him until his value goes down
Personally, I don't want to acquire Gibson, I don't want to pay the price and I would rather spend money/assets on RD and/or RW. Sens are going to be fine for a long time with Gustavsson/Sogaard/Merilainen... and well Matt Murray if he can stop being injury prone
Kuemper trade was very contextual and I'm sure everyone agrees that the Avs overpaid because they abolsutely had to get a quality goalie after losing Grubauer
But for the comparison sake, the Colorado 1st and Ottawa 1st is nowhere near the same value. I would also take Brannstrom and Thomson over Timmins
Batherson + Brannstrom + 2022 OTT first is just not a realistic return... the only goalie who might worth that is Andrei Vasilevskiy
Some thoughts in reply to your informed and courteous response:
Gustavsson, Sogaard and Merilainen are all excellent prospects, but none has the track record of Gibson. None came with the expectations of Demko or Knight, for example. Of course, I hope that at least one of them turns into an NHL starter for years.
I'm confused by your characterization of the Kuemper trade as "contextual," as if that supports a conclusion that he was overvalued. Colorado is a team that expects, and is expected, to be a serious Cup contender, both this season and in the next few seasons, at least. I think that any team that lacked a starter and hoped for playoff success would pay a reasonable and proper price for one. Ottawa has pretensions to being a serious contender in 2023-2024 and for several years thereafter; I wouldn't think that they would expect to get a long-term starter of high quality for less. It's not as if they're trading for Semyon Varlamov (who I consider, right now, to be at least as valuable as Gibby).
You're absolutely right that Ottawa's 2022 first >> Colorado's 2022 first. The reason I mentioned Brannstrom is that he's in this trade, and I've seen a lot of Ottawa ACGMs that imply that he's been passed up on the depth chart by other good D prospects in your system. But I don't think it's accurate to evaluate either him or Thomson as superior to Timmons.
I admit that this is a very high return for Gibson, but I put a LOT of stock on his age (he'll be only 34 when his contract expires, so I don't expect that much of a drop-off at the end of it), the term, and the fact that he was really very, very good when he had a high-quality defense in front of him. And as we have already seen in the games when the Ducks have played well in front of him this year, he's stil in the top quarter of goaltenders in the League.