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Canucks pass. Its unlikely that they retain, and if they do it’ll be for a better return than that

Canucks selling low on Boeser would be so they could shed cap. If they are retaining, it kinda ruins that so they would be looking for a bigger return

Not sure that convinces Verbeek to deal Gibson

The deal makes more sense if you send Grubauer back the other way instead of Donskoi. Not sure you want to be spending 12+ mil on goaltending, and on our side, we don't have a starting goalie ready to go if Gibson goes. Gibson has shown he plays exceptionally well in a trap style system (his amazing years on the Ducks) and I think would be fantastic on the Kraken. The reason we could be interested in Grubauer is that he works best as a tandem goalie while Gibson is a workhorse starter, if we feel that Dostal needs to get a good amount of games to maintain his development, Grubauer would be a better partner.

If you didn't send Grubauer back, we would need to go find a starting capable goalie, and the guys who are potentially available include Bobrovski, who doesn't likely wave from FLA to go to Anaheim (not to mention that god-awful contract and Florida not having the pieces we would want to take that deal) , and Campbell, who's looking rough on a team that is supposed to be good, even if they have a porous defense, they at least have goal support.

Maybe Carolina is willing to dump Andersen back to us to clear cap space since their young goalie emerged, maybe we can get Vegas to pay us to take Lehner, he only has a couple years left on his deal when he comes back, maybe we can go sign one of the pensioners that will be available in FA for a couple seasons.