Quoting: MMXD
And it's not like guys like Fowler or Manson will really be relevant by the time the ducks are ready to compete again. Getzlafs contract is up soon too. You may see them thinking of moving out Gibson for a big return, and possibly Lindholm (who if you look at his stats, just keeps regressing for some reason)
I think Manson will (assuming stays relatively the same as he was this year through he's early 30's, which I don't think is that big of an ask) Fowler idfk, he had by far good best year in recent memory this year, is that sustainably idk, he's a very strange player for me to judge rn, but I do think this team can compete sooner than most think, I think they're well closer to coming out of a rebuild than going in, if we draft right in 2020, we could have the year after this a first line with Zegras and Raymond/Rossi, second of likely Comtois-Steel-Terry/Rakell, that's not a bad top 6, Gibby in net, and a still solid Lindholm-Manson+Fowler and likely Mahura, Thrun on the bottom pair, that's a capable defense, am I possibly looking through rose tinted googles, maybe, but I think that team could compete (it helps that I'm high on just about everyone in the 2020 draft and that if they sit a year, and Zegras does I could see that line having two Calder nominees on it, though they'll likely want to split them up to start at least and run a more balanced group) plus the Pacific is still a weak division, SJ is completely screwed by Burns Vlasic Jones, and those Couture EK and Kane contracts aren't exactly helping their ability to acquire solid depth... Alberta I just see as meh, EDM has McD, a decent defence, but not much else, Yammo and RNH are ok middle 6ers, but I don't trust Koskanen long term in net... and Drai, I'm assuming that if you are looking at stats showing Lindholm's regression, you know about Drai's defensive woes (and insane PP scoring rate) CGY had rumors of rebuild this yr, an inconsistent at best forward group, a really really good defense though, but again, a big ? In net, can Rittich be the guy consistently, VGK is already looking at a downward slide, I don't see Seattle coming in the same way as VGK, and LAK is in a similar spot, but without Gibby and with Doughty's anchor of a contract... Then VAN, they're good and built for sustainable success... Now for the Lindholm regression, I have some hope for him to bounce back, last year he had HCRC, absolutely everyone (other than Kase) sucked. This year he got hurt like 12 games in, missed two or three, came back briefly, but then got hurt and missed a substantial amount of time, I think that jump back in the middle of the year can hurt a player significantly, they hadn't played a game in at least a month, and they're playing guys right in their peak have shape, before the seemingly never ending months of Feb and March... I noticed it with Nylander (obv different situation, but he still hadn't played an NHL game that year) last year, and Lindholm Crosby and Hjalmarsson this year... Maybe I'm imagining things, maybe not, idk
Sorry for the block of text that likely wasn't explained all that well... I had a ton of thoughts on your relatively small comment...
In conclusion, the point of this was, I would not even entertain offers on Gibson, I fully expect him to bounce back next year, and I'd have to absolutely be blown away by a Lindholm offer, we don't have another defenseman in the system even close to having the potential to do what he did this year, much less what he's shown he's been capable of