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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Julien MacKenzie mentioned on Twitter that Chris Johnston and Shayna Goldman have connected Barrie to the Flames. I can see it considering the Flames are moving on from some D and need power play help. I assume he will be almost free if you can take the cap back. Pending ufa so at no cost might be worth it?
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The Flames constant desire to have Oesterle or DeSimone (neither of which are NHL defenders) in the lineup this season is, IMO, an indication that the team recognizes the need for a puck moving defenseman.
Barrie checks a few boxes as far as PP QB and puck mover. However he misses a lot of boxes. He's older and on the decline and quite frankly hasn't been very good for a while now. He has a big cap hit for his role, albeit only for this season. Like, the team just moved Zadorov for a 3rd and a 5th to create some cap space to help with future deals, and now they're going to turn around and give up something for another older, overpriced 5/6 PP specialist D?
That makes no sense to me. I sure hope that the Insiders are wrong on this one because just on a fundamental 'good asset management' level I don't think it's smart for this team to invest any assets into trying to save this season, or handcuff themselves on future deals by having absolutely no cap space to work with, all so they can pay Tyson Barrie 4.5 mill to only play the PP.
It's a real shame Piorier got injured. It'd be great to see what he can do.