Salary Cap: Pens 2024 Summer Thread: "Thus, knocking us out of these superior numbers when we emerge! Mr. President, we must not allow a non-playoff bound gap!"

[Empoleon8771]

It's downright insanity to me that anyone is trading anything of value for Gibson. He may legitimately be the worst regular starting goalie (as in a guy who has had a starter's role for years) in hockey at this point.

 

[OnMyOwn]

I mean we don’t need to move Jarry. It would just be nice to, to address the forwards. He’d still need replaced with a solid number 2, IMO.

 

[Tom Hanks]

I mean we don’t need to move Jarry. It would just be nice to, to address the forwards. He’d still need replaced with a solid number 2, IMO.

 

[deakka]

It's downright insanity to me that anyone is trading anything of value for Gibson. He may legitimately be the worst regular starting goalie (as in a guy who has had a starter's role for years) in hockey at this point.

Gonna cry when we trade Jarry just to turn around and trade for Gibson

 

[Empoleon8771]

Gonna cry when we trade Jarry just to turn around and trade for Gibson

I will immediately surpass Gurgs and any Leafs fan as the #1 Dubas hater on this website if he trades for John Gibson

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Yeah well at least Gibson is chea... *opens Capfriendly* HOLY LORD WHY?!?

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Yeah well at least Gibson is chea... *opens Capfriendly* HOLY LORD WHY?!?

Once that site goes dark, the contract won't look as bad...because you won't be able to see it.

 

[Turin]

Yeah well at least Gibson is chea... *opens Capfriendly* HOLY LORD WHY?!?

Cause he was good. He's just been duck'd.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Yeah well at least Gibson is chea... *opens Capfriendly* HOLY LORD WHY?!?

He has gotten the non-stop excuse of "he plays for Anaheim" for the last 5 years, while literally everyone ignores that he's getting out-performed by his backup in every single season.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I don't think many on the board know this, so I'll mention it.
If you click on a picture after pasting it, the corners become resizable. We don't have to post at default size.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Cause he was good. He's just been duck'd.

Maybe.

But man... again... don't pay goaltenders. It's a good rule.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Maybe.

But man... again... don't pay goaltenders. It's a good rule.

Shhh, don't tell the Rangers.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Shhh, don't tell the Rangers.

Every team thinks they have the exception to the rule.

They almost certainly do not.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Every team thinks they have the exception to the rule.

They almost certainly do not.

"Hey, the Panthers paid Bobrosvky $10 million, and they won the Cup, why shouldn't we pay Shesterkin $12.5 million?"*

-Chris Drury

*Ignoring the absolutely dreadful first handful of seasons

 

[Empoleon8771]

Cause he was good. He's just been duck'd.

In the last year where Gibson was good, Elias Pettersson won the Calder trophy and Ben Bishop finished 2nd in Vezina voting.

That's how long it has been since Gibson was good.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

"Hey, the Panthers paid Bobrosvky $10 million, and they won the Cup, why shouldn't we pay Shesterkin $12.5 million?"*

-Chris Drury

*Ignoring the absolutely dreadful first handful of seasons

Exactly. It will probably become a trend again for a season or two since Bob (barely) got his. Then GMs will have a bunch of heinous contracts on their hands, rounds of buyouts start, a GM or two maybe even gets fired and everyone slowly comes to their senses, again.

 

[Turin]

In the last year where Gibson was good, Elias Pettersson won the Calder trophy and Ben Bishop finished 2nd in Vezina voting.

That's how long it has been since Gibson was good.

Yea, but that’s still the answer to why he got a big contract. He was, at one point, one of the best goalies in the league and young.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Exactly. It will probably become a trend again for a season or two since Bob (barely) got his. Then GMs will have a bunch of heinous contracts on their hands, rounds of buyouts start, a GM or two maybe even gets fired and everyone slowly comes to their senses, again.

Speaking of hilarious goalie contracts, the Flyers are STILL paying Ilya Bryzgalov after they used a compliance buyout on him after the previous lockout ended way back in 2013.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Speaking of hilarious goalie contracts, the Flyers are STILL paying Ilya Bryzgalov after they used a compliance buyout on him after the previous lockout ended way back in 2013.

Well you don't heff to be mad about it.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

I still maintain that Gibson was never all that great and that he was only brought up around these parts so often because of where he's from.

 

[Gurglesons]

In the last year where Gibson was good, Elias Pettersson won the Calder trophy and Ben Bishop finished 2nd in Vezina voting.

That's how long it has been since Gibson was good.

By goalie metrics.

Which have predicted a whole lotta of nothing that makes any sense.

 

[Tom Hanks]

"Hey, the Panthers paid Bobrosvky $10 million, and they won the Cup, why shouldn't we pay Shesterkin $12.5 million?"*

-Chris Drury

*Ignoring the absolutely dreadful first handful of seasons

No team has won the cup with a player over $10mil on their roster

 

[The Old Master]

The only guy of that group that I miss even a little bit is Cole. Mentioning Sprong is silly when their current top pair LD came from the Sprong trade, they're far better off due to that trade.

could have gotten more, maybe.

 

[Gurglesons]

No team has won the cup with a player over $10mil on their roster

Price is Right math.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Prospect names are every bit as important as their actual abilities.

A top notch nom de, uh... puck can take you from a 4th or 5th rounder all the way up to just outside the first round.

Denver Manderson.

I rest my case.