Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | With Klingberg in the Mix Who Are Our 7D After the Deadline?

The dude is 31. We used a 40 year old Mike Smith. He has more mobility than a younger Skinner
Seems like Gibson has been in the league forever…31 is still young for a goalie.
Per Friedman in 32 thoughts...

giving credit to a comphockee_7388 on Reddit for posting as well as the timestamp (42:30)





He also adds, Gibson's chosen destinations were Edmonton and the Canes
Which is an odd thing to say about the 1A-1B thing. He’d be going into the same role in Carolina with Andersen back.

Stuart+ for Gibson 50%.

Pickard+2nd for Vejmelka 50%.
I’d be leery dealing both goalies away. Having two new guys come in and learning the way the team plays and also recognizing individual tendencies can lead to a lot of goals against. Having one familiar guy to help him adapt might be the better way to go.

On the other hand, Gibson has been injury prone. If they traded Skinner back for him and if Gibson went down, Pickard and probably Rodrigue would not be ideal.

But I’m still trading for Gibson if I’m Bowman. Medium-high risk with potential maximum reward.
 
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Not sure we can outcompete the Hurricanes honestly. They have a management group with a history of actually being serious about loading up(must be nice) and are more easily prepared than Edmonton to offer Gibson the prominent role.

Anyone who thinks the Oilers are going to abandon Skinner and go with Pickard as the backup has not been paying attention to how the goalies have been deployed.
Does Carolina have enough assets though? They gave up a lot for Rantanen
 
We win the next 3 cups with Gibson in net
Yeah, but you assume that they would win them this year, and get credit for last year, and that's just not how it works Tambo.


Hey Oilers fans. John Gibson looks like a good fit, but you're being willfully ignorant if you think acquiring him to replace Skinner is a move with no risk at all.
 
Yeah I'll take the goalie with the career playoff save percentage of .912 over the goalie with 99 Career games under his belt all day long thanks
The goalie that's 11-13 all time in the playoffs? The one that got absolutely dummied by the Sharks the last time he was there? The one that put up a .888 sv% as recently as last year? That one?
 
Yeah, but you assume that they would win them this year, and get credit for last year, and that's just not how it works Tambo.


Hey Oilers fans. John Gibson looks like a good fit, but you're being willfully ignorant if you think acquiring him to replace Skinner is a move with no risk at all.
What would be the risk? Injury? That can happen to any player. Oilers already have the worst goalie in the cap era to have started 20 games in the playoffs. The risk is you get a goalie to be worse than the worst?
 
Yeah, but you assume that they would win them this year, and get credit for last year, and that's just not how it works Tambo.


Hey Oilers fans. John Gibson looks like a good fit, but you're being willfully ignorant if you think acquiring him to replace Skinner is a move with no risk at all.
There's probably more risk in extending Bouchard at 10M than trading Stuart for Gibson.

Gibson can steal us games when Stuart couldn't
 
The goalie that's 11-13 all time in the playoffs? The one that got absolutely dummied by the Sharks the last time he was there? The one that put up a .888 sv% as recently as last year? That one?
Put up a .888 save % being on the worst team in the league giving up amongst the most high danger chances in the league vs our guy having .909 save % playing behind one the most defensive teams in the league giving up amongst the lowest high danger chances. Hmmm, wonder if hat would happen if the roles were reversed…
 
The goalie that's 11-13 all time in the playoffs? The one that got absolutely dummied by the Sharks the last time he was there? The one that put up a .888 sv% as recently as last year? That one?
You like the sieve in our net better? The guy who has 1980 numbers against top teams and playoff teams?

The sieve who plays behind a MUCH better team.

Does this not comprehend with some of you?

The team that is in front? Is this EA NHL?

I swear anybody who keeps being a contrarian would be in the ocean off of the titanic in freezing water and turn down a life raft b/c it was not the color to their choosing
 

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