Haha... this team is gonna go Gibson and close up shop for the offseason aren't they? Bah. Dude's been on the downslide for two seasons.
But hey... Pittsburgh n'at.
Ehh, I dont know, I cant see it. Gibson wont be cheap, so we'd have to make financial room for him, and then strip the cupboards down the studs for the return to Anaheim, all while not making any improvements to the current roster because he eats up most of the space we have left. And this is while the free agent market is loaded with UFA goalies that can serve as stop gaps at a much lower cap hit for the cost of no assets.
Plus the hometown thing has a nice touch to it, but its not like we've relentlessly fiended after guys like Saad and Trochek in the past, even when they clearly would've clearly filled a need for the team at the time. Again, the hometown thing is a factor i'd love to the team to exploit on the market with UFAs, but hopefully it doesnt make them so thirsty for Gibson we lose all sense.
I keep having to tell myself over and over: we have Hextall running things now, we're probably the least likely team in the NHL to have one of these crazy overpay trades. But that's just a mantra to keep me calm on days like this
