Sol
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- Jun 30, 2017
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Okay well we all have hunches. I bet few had the hunch that Yakupov would be the kind of blistering failure he has been. And what do you mean by normal? To me not good is another term for bad and that's what you originally said. Do you mean he'll be a standard career starter or do you mean he's bad?
Also I didn't make the argument that Quick was elite. I don't think he's elite either. But he has been well regarded as a very good goalie. And it took him some improvement and internal team improvements to get to his peak. A peak that didn't come till he was 26. And mind you, while not being elite he still backstopped a team to two Stanley Cups. Obviously he wasn't the only reason the Kings won. Carey Price is elite and the Habs aren't anywhere close to winning a cup. So it sounds like you're saying the Ducks can't possibly win a cup with Gibson in net. That's unfair. Even in a playoff run that we can call a struggle (again with a lingering injury affecting him) the Ducks came within a stone's throw of the Finals with him in net until, in a fit of irony, Gibson succumbed to injury and Jonathan Bernier coughed up 4 goals in 16 shots to sink the Ducks in a game they played very well.
Stick to your hunches if you want but the evidence will come in how his career actually plays out.
Look man, kings did great with Quick right off the bat when he joined. But my point is, by the standards people have set for Gibson, he's not gonna get there. He's gonna be an okay goalie. Nothing special IMO.
I'll be honest, I might be unfair, but I just don't see it in him being anywhere close to where people project him to be.