His current contract runs out after the 2026-27 season. Gibson has a cap hit of $6.4 for the next five seasons. If you’re going to make moves for skaters there is a good chunk of that gone. The team has about $9 million in cap space this offseason. There is some money that needs to be dished out. Both the forward and defensive group could use a move or two. Or a more appropriate word may be retool. The Capitals need to rebuild their team a little bit. While not a rumor, there has been at least one big time writer who has mentioned that if Gibson is in fact moved perhaps the Capitals could be a landing spot for the 28-year-old netminder.ĭucks writer Eric Stephens also wrote about Gibson on The Athletic. I won’t spoil anything he says on his article and a subscription to The Athletic is needed to read his thoughts (which I would highly recommend) but he also mentions the Capitals as a potential landing spot for Gibson.Īt least two things come to mind when discussing a deal for Gibson. They need a goalie to help them get there.Ī rumor I have seen that shocked me is Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson could possibly be traded this coming offseason. This Capitals team still has Cup aspirations. Fool me three times? I don’t know what the saying is, but in the sports world it probably ends with “You’re fired”.
Going forward with these two probably shouldn’t be the answer. Long story short, the Capitals need a goalie. Just like his entire career to this point. In replacement duty Samsonov has been up and down. Vanecek has gotten the chance to start in both seasons but got injured in the 2021 playoffs and got replaced this past season. Numbers aside, neither of these guys has been able to get the job done in the playoffs for the Capitals. To be fair, Vanecek ranks 30th and 21st in both of those stats. His GAA of 2.92 ranks 39th out of those 55 goalies. In the last two years among goalies who have played 2,000 minutes or more Samsonov ranks 52nd out of 55 goalies in save percentage at. Samsonov has not been good in the past two seasons.
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