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For starters, we don't "know" sh*t. All of the trade speculation comes from DFO where Seravalli burried a comment in his off-season trade targets, the comment was "He's open to a change of scenery". If Gibson had actually asked, or demanded, a trade, it would be headline news, not buried 10th in an article in a 5 sentence blurb. Every article since then is piggybacking off Seravalli. There was a rumor last season he'd asked for a trade, and it came out from Gibson and his agent that that was fake news. This again feels like the hockey pundits trying to will a trade into existence so they have something to write about, and Frank is trying to be first on the button. Why hasn't there been a rebuttal yet from Gibson or his agent? The Ducks announced their new HC today, they probably want to let him have the news cycle and not be overshadowed by yet another Gibson trade rumor.
Secondly, even if he did ask the front office for a change of scenery, we've lost no leverage. He isn't a pending UFA, he's on his lockup contract and we have years of control of his services left. This isn't like Nylander or Matthews and the leafs who are pending UFAs that need to be signed or traded for as much as possible ASAP.
Third, this offer doesn't get it done.