It’s all fun and games so go easy on the deals

Skinner is their starter. They aren't paying a 1st + for a backup.

Where is Evan Bouchard? Ryan McLeod and Klim Kostin?

It’s more of a salary cap thing then anything else but we don’t know if skinner is a one year wonder or if he’s that guy you don’t want to pay jack Campbell that contract

Welcome to CapFriendly. Sometimes, it's not too friendly, like when you suggest that a team in the same division trade you its starting goalie for four seasons, retain almost $13 million on the deal, and take back your awful goalie signing mistake from LAST offseason at a cap hit of $5 million, thereby making said same-division team worse off financially than before. And as if that weren't enough, as a reward for the future first-round pick you send our way dropping into 32nd overall, we get semi-bust Kailer Yamamoto and the benefit of elevating pick number 192 to pick number 160, while we've given you pick number 161 THIS year.

For that package, the goalie of ours you get is Olle Eriksson Ek.

Do you think in any reality the Ducks are going to pay out 8.2M so that Edmonton can have Gibson at 3.2M? The retention is a non-starter. Then you have them also taking Yamamoto to offset Gibson's lowered cap to essentially zero?

Dude, we're division rivals with Edmonton. Anaheim isn't going to fix their cap (and I say the same thing to Canucks fans).

Even if Campbell returned to all-star form for the rest of his contract, this is a raw deal for the Ducks, as we are paying him effectively 8.2 million per year for four years, giving up Gibson, and our payment is Yamamoto and a late 1st?

Really don't see the benefit in doing that, and on top of that, Gibson would decline the trade anyway.

Really?

Ehhh, perhaps that's a little strong.

Bust is usually a reference to draft position I think. And Kailer most certainly has outperformed his draft position.

I didn't say "bust." I said "semi-bust."

But you're right, that was a little strong.

Woah guys I aggre this is awful but Jesus I took inspiration from other peoples deals on the website Christ man