gibson is on the down slope, pass

Ducks straight up robbing the Canes here.

Not paying for your cap dump. No thanks.

That's a set of wishful thinking trades for certain. The Canes would laugh at that Gibson deal. With Strome and McGinn I'd love to get them off the roster but that much retention will NEVER happen on Strome. McGinn had back surgery so no team is going to take that contract.

I'm not sure how Ned takes an iffy season in PIT at 1.5M AAV and turns it into a 4M AAV contract. That is just setting money on fire by the Ducks.

Travis Boyd will never wear a Ducks sweater. Leason is bigger, better, younger than LaBanc. Both Vaakanainen and Gus Lindstrom are better than Freidman.

Nesterenko is an interesting one. There are three guys in San Diego that I could see winning a roster spot: him, Regenda and Colangelo. To me Nesterenko is the least likely but camp will sort that out. They could also re-sign Groulx but I don't see that as all that likely.

I don't really know how I feel about that Detroit trade. Might be worth it.

Wings pass, not really a player they want or need

That's a 50 point player at 2.5 mil, that's highway robbery against the Ducks.

Wings would accept that but the Ducks wouldn’t offer it. Detroit would just need to move out an extra contract as opposed to keeping all of Fabbri, Maata, Holl. Take a lesser return elsewhere and Strome becomes a fixture in the middle 6.

Cool you can keep him