overpay

Put aside preconceived notions of "value" or "overpay" or "underpay." Look at a John Gibson trade from Anaheim's perspective with regard to motivation. Gibson fills one massive hole for the Ducks for the next six seasons. Even assuming Yamamoto solves one-half of one of their problems (no true top-6 RWs) and the first solves the other half (beginning in the 2025-2026 season at the earliest), does it make sense for them to open one hole just to close another?

I am going to make a not so bold assumption that Gibson has the 7 Canadian teams on his 10 team NTC. I'd do it from the Edmonton perspective that a sure starter like Gibson fills a bigger hole than Yam opens up.

Minor note that Anaheim probably pushes for that to be a 2022 first.