Courtesy: Grand Rapids GriffinsUgly game last night, eh? Never a nice thing to get shutout on home ice, especially to a team that has already given you a nice ass-whooping already this season. Yuck.
Let’s address the “elephant in the room.” I wonder about John Gibson. It’s hard to judge a goalie when your team scores precisely zero goals in a game, but the cold-hard truth is that Gibson has been a disappointment so far this season. It’s early, but I can’t say the guy has inspired any confidence for me. I’m not going to sit here and play “what if” and “woulda, coulda, shoulda.” There’s always risk when you take on a goaltender in their 30s (let’s call Cam Talbot an outlier), but trading for…
