Gibson doesn’t wait for Toronto, like he has already publicly stated

We probably aren’t interested in Marner anyways

What do you think the price for Terry would be? Or, say the Ducks are interested in Marner, what do you think would be a reasonable price?

Tavares doesn't waive and Chicago doesn't accept even if he does waive.

What if I threw in our beautiful bald legend Mark Giordano and help rig this year's draft?

There's a 75% chance it's rigged in Chicago's favor again this year (fingers crossed). I'm sure Tavares wants a Cup before he retires and he's got 5-6 years left to do that. Chicago won't be competitive for the next 2 years or so and by that time Tavares would be a diminished asset. Giordano would thrive in Chicago, instantly becoming the face of Chicago pizza city wide! You might need to throw in a signed apology for the Mahovlich incident to get the rest of the fanbase on board though.

Pieces that fill in holes on the roster, which is intentionally vague. The Ducks are flush with high draft picks and top end prospects so you're going to have to give something other than that to pry a 30 goal / 60 point player off their roster.

Let's look at your trade. Ducks don't need the Russian goal tender because they just signed Buteyets to his ELC. Reaves is a pure cap dump for the Leafs and completely redundant with Ross Johnston. Kampf is no better than Isac Lundestrom. The Ducks don't want any of those pieces.




Given Marner's full no move it's pointless to speculate. But I'd bet money the return won't make Leaf's nation happy in any way other than it gives you guys some cap space to work with.

Marner is a terrible fit for Anaheim right now. He'd be like the Leafs adding Tavares six years ago... the rest of the roster wasn't ready and by the time that caught up age was getting to JT. He's not the player he used to be and the contract now sucks balls. The only difference would be that the Leafs signed Tavares for free as a UFA. You want the Ducks to part with assets to trade for Marner.

Any way you slice it the Ducks need a 1B starter to take 40-45 games next season. That might as well be Gibson because frankly the other options are all pretty terrible. Gibson signed a player favoring 8 year contract. Does it suck that he's had such a terrible team in front of him the last few years? Sure, but he signed that contact so him playing it out is what it is. The Ducks will only trade him if the trade makes the team better, they aren't going to do Gibson a solid if it means taking a loss.

Sure Terry can be replaced. But it's far easier to keep what you have. In Verbeek's short time as GM he's been a real stickler about short term contracts. A lot of the guys he traded like Lindholm and Rakell were because the sides couldn't agree on term. It means a lot in my eyes that Verbeek gave Terry a seven year deal. He's given no one else that much term.