Équipe: 2023-24 Devils du New Jersey

Date de création initiale: 3 déc. 2023

Publié: 3 déc. 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Two things to state first....

1. I do not think NJD add a goalie mid-season unless we have an injury. There is nothing to suggest we are actively looking...and our GM has said he doesn't like changing goalies mid-year. So if we make a move, it will probably come in off-season.

2. I do not share the same view of the goalie market in general as many on ACGM. I think there are far fewer buyers, far fewer sellers than we think. In short, the goalie market is comprised of unwanted goalies. So we are not going to just add Swayman or Oettinger or Saros or whomever.


So why Gibson?

1. He may be the best guy available (if available)
2. He is a 55-start workhorse
3. He carries 'bad-team-baggage'...(he is better than many think)
4. His cap hit is manageable...especially when the norm for next wave will be $8m+
5. He has term...3.5 years left
6. He is consistent over long term
7. He is a guy I think Devils would develop confidence playing in front of day-in-and-day-out


Comps used in price

-- Frederik Andersen 2016: Andersen had been in tandem with Gibson in Anaheim (they won 2015-16 Jennings Trophy). He was traded as he hit RFA, but came with $5m x 5 year extension. He was a few years younger than Gibson is today. Ducks got a late 1st and a mid 2nd just before draft (so pick values were known). The combined value of the #30 pick and #50 pick is roughly the same as the #17 overall pick (according to pick value charts)...pretty close to where NJD pick is today.

-- Tomas Vokoun 2007: Vokoun was closer in age to Gibson and was similar workhouse with 4 years remaining on deal (at $5.7m). He had been top-10 for Vezina in each of the the prior three years...and was probably the best goalie to be made available in years. Nashville had Chris Mason on their roster (who flamed out the next year and was dealt in 2008) and young stud Pekka Rinne in AHL. At the 2007 draft, Nashville traded him to Florida for a 1st round pick and two 2nds. Florida was overpaying a bit since they trying to make up for Luongo trade the prior summer (and were left with 41-year old Ed Belfour).



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On lineup...
-- I didn't set lines
-- Dougie is in lineup to show cap if case he returns this season

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