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I know Ottawa needs a goalie, and with no draft picks in the first three rounds this year the #33 overall pick would be a nice bonus, but I don't like Gibson's contract. This is not a huge price to pay for him -- Brannstrom is the most valuable asset Ottawa would be giving up, and with the uncertainty around him being an unsigned RFA with arbitration rights, he's probably not worth more than the 2nd-round pick himself -- but Gibson could very easily become a negative asset, and Ottawa can't afford that with all the big contracts they have, so I think I'd try to squeeze some salary retention out of Anaheim if I was Ottawa. Though from Anaheim's perspective, if they have a chance to trade Gibson without retention, that's probably worth more to them than any prospects or players they can get, and perhaps they feel that if they're throwing in the draft pick, that should be enough enticement to take him without retention.