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

[Kobe Armstrong]

I find the difference is the contract is not nearly as bad, the player given away not as good (and from a position of strength, rather than weakness), the player recieved clearly filling a need and unlike Drouin, Dach was actually looking to become a good player before the injury.

What happened doesn't matter, it was a good gamble at the time and the rest of it is revisionism

 

[Andrei79]

What happened doesn't matter, it was a good gamble at the time and the rest of it is revisionism

What I'm saying is Drouin wasn't a "good" gamble. He was just a gamble. MB gave up his best prospect and only LD to get him.

 

[Rapala]

I haven't put stock in anything an NHLer says about a prospect since Teemu Selanne told us that Janne Lahti could play top 6 for the habs

Well there was that one time Saku told us Arturri would make the team out of camp.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

So we traded for a bad player and we knew it?

How the #@$% do you manage to come to that conclusion from reading my replies????

My previous posts clearly state otherwise.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Agreed.Xhekaj-Carrier. A sharp smart positional D paired with a monster.

Better than a Red Barron-carrier

 

[BehindTheTimes]

Lol @ the Lehkonen revisionism.

I liked him at the time, but most of the fan base thought he sucked because of his alleged stone hands and wanted him gone.

Both Danault and Kotkaniemi were independently stated to be victims if they played on a line with Lehkonen. Danault even complained to the media about the atrocity.

I do remember many posters describing Lehkonen that way. I wasn’t one of them, I thought he was exactly the type of vet you want to keep around for the youth movement.

My position was keep him unless you get a very good offer. I thought the offer they took was worth sacrificing his leadership skills and worth ethic you want the kids to follow. I still think we’re giving up on Barron too soon. I liked his tools then and admittedly it hasn’t come together yet, but the team as a whole is a bit of a dumpster fire. It’s hard to know what you have.

Carrier is a decent 5/6 that will help us stay in the mix. I think the team might make a playoff push still. This should help, so I’m not in favour of this deal, I get where it comes from.