John Gibson is no longer an Anaheim Duck after over a decade with the team. He leaves just three wins shy of tying Jean-Sébastien Giguère’s franchise record, closing the book on an era of Ducks hockey. The trade clears the way for Lukáš Dostál to take over as the team’s starting goalie, with Mrazek coming in as a solid veteran backup. While the return feels light, Verbeek kept Gibson’s full salary off the books and gained cap flexibility. It’s a bittersweet farewell—but one that signals a fresh start for both sides. #nhl #anaheimducks #redwings #johngibson
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Great vid.
The tade is …fine….on paper, its what you should expect given all the surrounding stuff like injuries and contracts. Ducks didn't get more or less than they should have….its the timing that's terrible. Now the Ducks have zero leverage in the negotiations with Dostal. And if Dostal asks for 8 mil per year for 8 years, the Ducks have to give it to him because there aren't any other goal tenders out there and there won't be. Exact same issue that they are going to have after the Z trade with MacT.
leafs could have a cup and the chuckle in the end made me giggle xD
He should have been traded years ago, to a real team. A team with a functional defense to show the world that he's a great goalie. He should have gone to Edmonton and be the big change they needed to win the cup. I love Gibby but damn this trade keeps bad. Doesn't even look like we're getting Marner either so what's Verbeek gonna do? overpay for a bum?
Im a Bruins fan but the Ducks are my favorite team in the West. You have amazing coverage, keep it up. Good luck to Gibby, Mrazek is a good backup, he'll do well.
Quitter Gauthier
Plannin on going to the dev camp today? Unsure if they will allow streaming but I hope they do
So with Husso just being signed for another 2 yrs at 2,2 million AAV. Does this indicate that Dostal is actually included in a package deal to land a big UFA/RFA like Marner?
Hope not.
Let’s go hockey
I will miss Gibson.
I always liked him
This has been a toooooough offseason
Gibson hopefully no longer has to worry about making 40+ saves a game and still end up taking the loss. It'll be interesting to see what they do with $35M in cap space.
I think we as Ducks fans hold a lot of value in the players. Some sentimental too. But in reality, our team has been really bad and trading for our players probably doesn’t instill a lot of confidence in other GMs. So my opinion we’re getting fair value for Z and Gibby.
:10 😂😂😂😂😂
All these moves. If we suffer another blank in FA'cy like last season. Fire Beeker.
Yeah, Gibson spent his career in the wrong place at the wrong time. But he made a very large pile of cash in Anaheim, far more than his value the past few years of his contract in O.C.
sad to see Gibby go but it will be nice to see a familiar face in goal with the wings
Where's Suchanek? he was great , is back from injury yet? I know VB has a hard on for the giant Clara to eventually be Dostal backup
Are you going to be at the Dev Camp?
He will succeed anywhere he goes, he held that team alot of times when defence was no where to be found, he will do amazing anywhere.
Surprised Edmonton didn't try an take him lol they need a great goalie
Keeping my expectations low for next season. Such a bummer of an offseason so far.
Lifelong wings fan, and fan of your work — i wanted to know your thoughts on this immediately lol. All I could think was "Duck my life is going to be even more depressed"
I remember Gibson was the first top tier American goalie in quite a while when he first came up
Seriously, what are the Ducks doing? Are they making these bad deals in order to clear cap space to sign some big name players in free agency? Otherwise, I don't get it. And who'd even want to come to Anaheim now?
Have we not considered that maybe John Gibson didn’t want to play for someone that enabled Brad Aldrich?
as a red wings fan thank you
Verbeek seems like hes back into a corner and doesnt really have a plan beside get cap space. But now with marner to vegas and alot more top guys getting signed up quick, what is the move now. We dont need more over pays on vets like killorn and strome. I dont see us getting big pieces that are going to move the needle this season. Looking forward to the race to .500 again.
Sad to see him go, absolute legend.
Always love a good leafs jab