Gibson's performance this up coming hockey season

[35KrazyKanuck]

What's your opinion on John Gibson's performance this up coming hockey season. Will he be a top 5 or top 10 goalie in the 2017-2018 season.

[StuntMan12]

top 5? no. top 10 yes. don't think he can beat out goalies such as Holtby, Price, Dubnyk, Bobrovsky, Jones ect. Think he's good for 35 wins

[MrSandals]

Yeah, certainly top 10. Anaheim is going to be much the same team in terms of quality and he should do very well there.

[The Bottlenecker]

Welcome to the forum, 35KrazyKanuck,

Won't disagree with what the others are saying, but I'd love to see Gibson get through the season injury free. If he stays healthy, he could get 35 Wins.

[FinnishFlash]

If he stays healthy, 35 wins is a possibility, so I'd rank him in the 10 range.

I'm not confident he can stay healthy though.

[MrSandals]

Wow, I just looked. I did not realize he had that many injuries. Certainly a concern I had not thought about.

[havanablast21]

I think he manages to put together a rock star season this year. Injuries have definitely been an issue, but finger's crossed they're behind him now. Would really like to see Gibby live up to his potential starting this season.

[GoNucks]

With how excellent Ryan Miller played behind a porous Vancouver D last year, I would not be surprised to see him really push Gibson & limit his starts to maybe a 50/30 or 45/35

[RizzeeDizzee]

Dobber had some very good thoughts on Anaheim in today's ramblings, and I happen to agree that the Carlyle factor - not to mention an aging forward core - will hurt them. Of course if the team is worse that could mean Gibson has to stand on his head more, which would help his perpiherals but hurt his Wins. Long story short, I'd say more likely a top 10-15 netminder than top 5-10.

[BranDOOM]

I think Gibson has the potential to be in the top 5, but injuries hamper his season. I own him and find that he plays lights out for a solid stretch of games, then goes down with injury.
Replacing a starting goalie with fodder isnt easy and hurts if the absence is extended. He played 52 games last season and 40 the season prior. Not the 60-65 starts you'd hope, but he pulled out 25 wins and 6 shutouts. Peripherals are great too (2.22 gaa, 0.924 sp%). If Gibson can pull together a healthy season he could easily hit 33+ wins. I'd expec peripherals are same territory as well. This makes him a top 10.
Miller coming in worries me a bit, but I doubt he plays a ton when Gibby is healthy. Not a 1A 1B situation in my mind.

[MrSandals]

I don't understands the Carlyle criticism. He's only been a head coach a few times. The first time he did really well for much longer than suggested. It was only in Toronto where he seemed to get tuned out, but that's always tough to really know what's going on.