Edited May 17, 2022 at 11:40 p.m.
Quoting: JaredOfLondon
John gibson is 29 years old
last three seasons 904, 903, 904.
last season putting up above average starter numbers 2017-2018
5 yeas left at 6.4 million
that would be an awful awful trade for the leafs
Hey Jared. I follow you on Twitter! lol
I saw your tweet and had no idea you were subtweeting this post. That's funny.
I think you have to take into account how bad Anaheim really is. They play a rookie (Drysdale) top pairing minutes when he should be sheltered and a Keith Yandle-lite Kevin Shattenkirk a ton of minutes. That's not a recipe for success for poor Gibby.
The only reason they were in a playoff spot this season and over the last few seasons was because Gibson was playing out of his mind.
This has the potential to be a perfect storm for the Leafs.
How often does a rebuilding team have a star #1 goalie available?
IMO it's the only way you can cleanly move off Mrazek like you did Ritchie and get something SIGNIFICANT back.
It would excite the players and fan base. It's the only move you can do that does that while keeping your core intact.
You can't really predict which goalie will be good from one year to the next.
But I really think Gibson is one of the best bets you can make.
Campbell can't stay healthy (even admitted during today's garbage day that he got hurt when Nick Paul ran him in game 7.). And, IMO, he sucked in game 6. He gets beat by clean shots too much and that Point OT goal was garbage. I don't want him back at all.
You also have to take into account the fact that Anaheim are basically a lottery team when it comes to Gibson's numbers, absolutely. He drops off because they run him into the ground and are really terrible in front of him!
The fact that he doesn't have any playoff games in the last number of years probably helps him to stay fresh from a body maintenance perspective when it comes to how long he can be a starter.