from Mark Whicker of the LA Daily News,

“One guy’s younger and has a lot better contract,” Murray said, referring to Gibson.. “I’m not concerned with what we have there.”

Ducks fans are permitted to be....

For the Ducks, it’s just a fact of life below the cap, as practiced by owners Henry and Susan Samueli. If the Ducks keep winning division titles over teams that spend more, it’s not likely to change. If their best-paid players are the ones who keep falling short of the moment, it’s even less likely.

It all depends on Gibson, who shut out the Kings in Game 4 of the 2014 second round and was anointed as the next top American goaltender years ago. Goaltenders have been lead actors in Anaheim from Day One, when Guy Hebert began assembling his career. For this to work, either Gibson or the Ducks must be better than they were, last time we looked.

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