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GiggywithGibby

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Forum: Trade Machine Proposals12 hours ago
Thread: Swaps
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GeneralLandro</b></div><div>For MBN, I certainly think so

Bring Stolarz back on a decent little 2 year deal to pair with Dostal</div></div>

Dostal isn't ready to start 55+ games, Stolarz started a career high 28 games this season, he also is 30 and has had hip/knee issues in the past. Gibson for all his stints on IR isn't on there for very long at any given time and has had minimal hip/knee issues, majority of his stuff is soft tissue that heals well, and the one time he went on IR for wisdom teeth a couple seasons back.

Even with a big splash on RD in FA our defense isn't where it needs to be yet, we need a veteran hand out back for the nights that things get hairy. I am convinced that if we can give Gibby goal support so he feels like he has a chance on any given night to win the game his half dozen steals each year become 12 or 18.

I like MBN, but we can get him easier if he's Verbeeks guy. Let's offer EDM 1st and LaCombe to STL for their pick.

And as much as I'm loving us beating Vegas right now, I need the boys to take a dive, otherwise EDM faces LAK in round 1 and EDM is going to eat LAK alive. Sure, VGK-DAL will be a slogfest of a series, but I need EDMs pick to be early.
Forum: Armchair-GM18 hours ago
Thread: 2024-25 Ducks
To start, Florida isn't loosing both Reinhart and Montour, by loosing one they can afford to pay the other.

Secondly, we had Montour for years, he didn't work out then, or in Buffalo, he had a single freak season in Florida, and now appears like a regular 3/4 guy again, he's not what we need, we need a mentor for Mintyukov. We should be looking at Peace or Roy, and use money to get a shorter AAV.

Reinhart is a great target, but I wouldn't expect him to ever repeat this season, and I wonder if he'd take that, given the tax differences here to FLA are a huge savings.

To answer the question, 22-26th overall, the defense would still be an issue, we'd still allow too many goals against. We really need another defense first D for Mintyukov, if that means keeping Luneau and Leshunov in SD for a couple seasons then so be it.
Forum: Armchair-GM19 hours ago
Thread: Gibsons Value
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Byrr</b></div><div>You always say this but we broke it down before with him and stolarz and it simply wasn't true.</div></div>

Yeah, it was, the majority of Stolarz's starts were against bottom feeders, he had some starts against better opponents, but his average level he was playing against was lower.

SV% for Stolarz, when he started the game, was 0.899, he faced 335 shots as a starter and saved 301, the average position at end of season for the games he started was 24th, his two notable starts against teams above the playoffs line was Dallas and Winnipeg. Other starts were San Jose, Chicago, Arizona, Philly, and Ottawa.

Gibson had a 0.899, never went in to relieve Stolarz, faced 1983 shots and saved 1783. The average competition he faced at end of season was 14th. He was facing above league average competition while Stolarz had only two starts above league average competition, the others were 20th or worse at end of season.

The reason Stolarz stats were artificially high is the games he went in for relief of Gibson when the game was already out of reach, and the competition took their foot off the gas.
Forum: Armchair-GM20 hours ago
Thread: Gibsons Value
Having looked into his advanced stats, and having watched him play extensively, his only issue is engagement. His high danger and medium danger GSAX is still up there with the best goalies in the league, it's his low danger that's been suffering, and that comes down to stuff that happens as a result of defensive lapses, blown coverage, just not getting any help from his own team.

He's clearly frustrated with getting wheeled out to take a beating behind a suffering team, the vibes aren't there a lot of the games. I've been in the same situation in beer league where I stand on my head for half the game, my team does F*** all to try and compete, and I just stop caring since no one else out there is, and I'm not going to hurt myself in a game that is already over.

As to his trade value, it's hard to know, we have no problem with salary and are very happy with a Gibson Dostal tandem, he's a great.mentor for Dostal who still yoyos from game to game with his performances. The only reason he moves is a sufficiently attractive offer or him actually demanding a trade.

As to last seasons rumors, Verbeek wasn't shopping him, Dubas was calling on him and the Toronto media went crazy on the rumour to the point Gibson's agent had to release a statement publicly stating he had no desire to go to Toronto. The rumors about Gibson never suiting up again were Frank Seravalli, who is a known rabble rouser with Anaheim info, dude hasn't been right about anything on our team, basically ever.
Forum: Armchair-GM24 hours ago
Thread: Making tough choices for the future
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SpiderSpiderSpider28</b></div><div>What's infuriating from a Flyers fan perspective is that in hindsight (and honestly I said this well before he was extended) Tippett by leaps, bounds, valleys and miles would've made the most sense to trade in a package for a player like Zegras. Like you said, TK has some questions regarding his age and long term fit, and at this point Foerster is simply too good to justify moving (I'm not sure the general public has fully caught on to how good this kid is, I think he's a special player). The long term fit was never there with Tippett, and now we're stuck with more than we know what to do with...</div></div>

I mean, you still can. His trade protection doesn't kick in for a couple of years.

That said, this is also Zegras were talking about, he's also a very special talent.