Blomqvist is worth a fourth, Rutta is worth a fifth, and after a season away from hockey, Poulin is worth a sixth. Why would you want to burden yourselves with 4 seasons of John Gibson at a cost of $25.6 million if that's all that he's worth? Surely Tristan Jarry is worth more than that garbage, so why don't you just sign him for $4.4 million and save yourselves $8 million and a lot of grief?

Ducks absolutely decline that offer.

Sharks would be happy to accept but the last thing the sharks need are more Left handed 3rd pairing defensemen. They already have about 20 of them.