[News] Barkov could miss entire season

[FanIn80]

Time for Barkov Jr. to shine!

[Cali Panthers Fan]

####....####ity #### #### ####...goddam it all to hell.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Harry Lime

It could actually be done, if Calgary ate 50%.

That would mean retaining half his salary for 4 seasons. That's over $10 million in real money. The acquisition cost would have to be huge for that to make any sense for the Flames.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Toonage

How long until entitled Oiler fans start bragging about how there is no roadblock for them this year?

They are too busy celebrating the injury. Barkov deserves it because Florida fans are jerks.

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

They are too busy celebrating the injury. Barkov deserves it because Florida fans are jerks.

[Macho0978]

Originally Posted by getbak

That would mean retaining half his salary for 4 seasons. That's over $10 million in real money. The acquisition cost would have to be huge for that to make any sense for the Flames.

I think it would make more sense to add players to the deal, so you don't have to retain.

Kadri, Coleman 50% RS and Pachal 50% RS

for

Lundell, Rodriguez and Kulikov.

Florida may have to add picks, and we end up with Lundell who has 5 years left on his deal and is a steal contract.

Pachal and Markstrom RS off the books next summer. We could look to dump Rodriguez and Kulikov next year.

All 3 Florida players do not have an NTC.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Ba'alzamon

Well. No one they'd part with, anyway (I'm sure the Flames would be interested in Lundell lol).

What about Samoskevich? The Panthers kind of need him for cheap effective depth, though.

Kadri is not waiving for Florida anyhow.

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by Macho0978

I think it would make more sense to add players to the deal, so you don't have to retain.

Kadri, Coleman 50% RS and Pachal 50% RS

for

Lundell, Rodriguez and Kulikov.

Florida may have to add picks, and we end up with Lundell who has 5 years left on his deal and is a steal contract.

Pachal and Markstrom RS off the books next summer. We could look to dump Rodriguez and Kulikov next year.

All 3 Florida players do not have an NTC.

Florida's not trading Lundell. Especially not now.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

That really sucks. Barkov is such a good player. Maybe the most underrated player in the league, because while he's well known he's never mentioned in the same breath as McDavid, Mackinnon, etc, despite being maybe a better all around player.

It's sacrilege to even compare to this player, but Barkov is the most complete player next to Crosby IMO.

[dino7c]

Thought it looked bad yesterday but you never know...big loss

[Iniggywetrust]

Not to make this fully about the Flames but a half season injury to Tkachuk and a full season injury to Barkov is exactly what we could have used last year to help our draft position.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Robbob

Kind of wish we had this years Florida pick

Good point, although I think Potter was a steal

[Goriders]

Yikes. That sucks.

[ForeverFlameFan]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Good point, although I think Potter was a steal

Was gonna say this. I think Potter is still selected in the late teens/early 20s if Florida didn’t win the cup.

[gvitaly]

That's a huge loss for FLA. It would be interesting to see how well they defend without him, because he made life so much easier for his defensemen.

On that note, Chicago is going to get a pretty good pick for Seth Jones as a result. Now I wish we'd gotten the 26' FLA 1st instead of the 32nd overall pick. The Flames still did great with Potter.

[GioforPM]

I think Florida just limps into the POs and hopes Barkov can recover in time for them.

[Toonage]

No Barkov for a whole season and no Tkachuk until what, after the Olympics?

Going to be a tough season but one I'm sure they can live with given 2 their cup rings.

[InternationalVillager]

Originally Posted by Toonage

No Barkov for a whole season and no Tkachuk until what, after the Olympics?

Going to be a tough season but one I'm sure they can live with given 2 their cup rings.

Bingo.

I mean its hockey. They've been pretty healthy the last couple years.

[GullFoss]

They're probably rejoicing in edmonton.

Meanwhile Toronto probably feeling Marner's loss for real now. This was their year lmao

[stemit14]

Don’t see them making panic move. I think if they struggle through the first 1/4 of the season, they might look to shore up their centre depth if they know he won’t return for playoffs. Thing is, they have so much depth on the team I don’t think they will feel the loss as much as people think… until playoffs. At that point, they will definitely miss Barkov.

Do they have any valuable picks/assets left to trade for a top 1-2 centre this year anyways? Those types of players usually cost a 1st + 2nd + good prospect.