Roster Building XXIV: Our Hearts Go Pitter Pattersson

[MinJaBen]

I think that depends on health and playoff performance from Andersen. If he gets hurt again or has a bad playoff, I think it's unlikely they go back to him even as a backup.

Imagine choosing to not resign Freddy because of injuries and then choosing to trade for Gibson.

 

[Svechhammer]

It's amazing how teams don't just let good goalies walk away. Who would have thought?

 

[User13452]

We have to pay Rantanen. Now projected to have 38 million to play with this offseason

 

[Bub]

I think I’d rather have lankinen than Gibson if those are really the choices, but yeah i imagine they’ll probably give Andersen a one year deal and figure it out later

Maybe? It could be the FO is thinking "hey we've had FOUR goalies register shutouts this year, so we can make anyone look good" and run it back with PK/FA and 1-2 quad-A types as insurance. Sure, it makes us nervous, but the FO may gamble on another moneypuck year of goaltending and seeing how our prospects develop by next summer.

Having said all that, watch a Gibson trade happen in 3...2...1...