Confirmed with Link: Alexandre Carrier acquired from the Predators in exchange for Justin Barron

[CapSpace]

Barron sucked bad but for a 5"11 28 yo guy making 3.75M/yr... I don't really like that.

 

[Andrei79]

Barron was really, really bad, but I'm still surprised they traded him away after what they gave up for him. Hughes is also leaning heavily within the ex-Quartexx clients and I'm not sure I like it. The one thing I wonder though is... why trade Kovacevic then ? What was the point only to trade Barron later ?

 

[sampollock]

Need to see him play

We three?
Thoughts

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

One less tank commander has me concerned. Dach or Newhook next?

 

[Adam Michaels]

Another positive is that there's no question that Carrier is a full-time NHL'er. Barron unfortunately couldn't hold onto a spot, which effectively made Savard the only RD in the line-up most nights. Now, instead of being forced to have 2 left shooting defensemen in your line-up, you at least have 2 RDs and will only need to play 1 LD on his off-side.

The only thing now is will they keep Savard with Xhekaj? Which would then make Carrier either play with Hutson or Guhle.

 

[dinodebino]

Carrier is 5'11 and signed for 3 years at almost 4 millions...

Barron sucked, but I would have taken picks.

We don’t need more picks. Enough of the picks.

You pick lovers will find out very soon (next summer) that HuGo will get rid of many picks in favour of real bodies.

 

[le_sean]

With Savard leaving you need a veteran D that can play the PK and eat minutes. You can’t just have a team of U23 defencemen with the only veteran being Matheson. That would be a disaster. Carrier is a good player

 

[The Great Weal]

I liked Carrier last year. He's ideally on the bottom pair, but he did a decent job with Lauzon when Nashville didn't ice Josi-McDonagh. That being said it seems like he's having a rough year.

 

[sampollock]

Barron was no threat
Made so many mistakes

 

[Gravity]

I know nothing of Carrier. Can someone fill me in?

 

[le_sean]

I know nothing of Carrier. Can someone fill me in?

Just a solid 2nd pairing defensive RD

 

[Habsrule]

Barron is a 6/7 defenceman while Carrier is a 5. That part is an upgrade.

Barron makes 1.2 million for one more year and Carrier makes 3.75 for two more years.

The Habs upgraded but also added 2.55 million on the cap.


Now if you look at it as Carrier is a two year stop gap on the right side of defense until Mailloux and Reinbacher are fully ready then it is a good trade.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Barron was really, really bad, but I'm still surprised they traded him away after what they gave up for him. Hughes is also leaning heavily within the ex-Quartexx clients and I'm not sure I like it. The one thing I wonder though is... why trade Kovacevic then ? What was the point only to trade Barron later ?

Probably because they were still evaluating Barron and giving him a chance to improve. And likley decided there is just not enough hockey sense there.

 

[dinodebino]

Barron was really, really bad, but I'm still surprised they traded him away after what they gave up for him. Hughes is also leaning heavily within the ex-Quartexx clients and I'm not sure I like it. The one thing I wonder though is... why trade Kovacevic then ? What was the point only to trade Barron later ?

Because shit happens?

Nothing is linear in a rebuild.

 

[Vachon23]

 

[sampollock]

Barron is a 6/7 defenceman while Carrier is a 5. That part is an upgrade.

Barron makes 1.2 million for one more year and Carrier makes 3.75 for two more years.

The Habs upgraded but also added 2.55 million on the cap.


Now if you look at it as Carrier is a two year stop gap on the right side of defense until Mailloux and Reinbacher are fully ready then it is a good trade.

Stop gap which he he is defensive
Seems smart

 

[gusfring]

That Lehkonen trade was a good one...

 

[The Last Red]

Barron was really, really bad, but I'm still surprised they traded him away after what they gave up for him. Hughes is also leaning heavily within the ex-Quartexx clients and I'm not sure I like it. The one thing I wonder though is... why trade Kovacevic then ? What was the point only to trade Barron later ?

It’s okay to correct mistakes.

 

[Erika]

A 5th - 6th defenceman, -14 on the worst NHL team this season... yikes

That's pretty terrible if you ask me...

This Carrier dude looks like a worst version of Josh Gorges

 

[ottawa]

Another fleece by Kent, great trade.

 

[Habano]

Bad choices were made. Kovacevic, to me, was a much better D-men than Harris, Barron and to a lesser extend Struble. With all the young D-men, the stability he brought was much more valuable according to me than to let him go to test out how the younglings could do without their floaters in the big pool.

Maybe, and I wasn't a huge Barron fan either but, for me, this is an insignificant trade.

 

[Noble]

Good trade. Barron wasn't developing and we need another NHL defenseman who can actually defend.

You can only have so many offensive defenseman in your lineup and when you're a liability defensively and don't produce offense... there's just no spot. With Mailloux coming up through the system Barron is easily expendable.

 

[sampollock]

Let's give Alex a chance

 

[Wats]

Barron was really, really bad, but I'm still surprised they traded him away after what they gave up for him. Hughes is also leaning heavily within the ex-Quartexx clients and I'm not sure I like it. The one thing I wonder though is... why trade Kovacevic then ? What was the point only to trade Barron later ?

I do like that it didn't take too long for them to say: Barron was not what we hoped for let's get the most value we can for him.

Not really a fan of another undersized D as a return but he's likely better defensively than Barron.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

That Lehkonen trade was a good one...

Can’t win them all.

Hughes traded Kulak for a pick that turned out to be Hutson.

Forget about Lehkonen.