Waived: [CGY] D Tyson Barrie waived by the Flames (cleared)

[Lunatik]

Flames making room on their roster.

Trade incoming?

No. Bahl is returning from injury and both Solovyov and Kuznetsov (it's believed he's there just in case Bahl isn't ready to return Sunday) were recalled from the Wranglers. Barrie was also our #8 all season and has only played 15 games this year (including 2 in teh AHL on a conditioning stint since he hadn't played in a couple months)

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

I mean he’s 33 years old. I’m not sure “Father Time” is the right thing to focus on.

What should we focus on then?

 

[The Nuge]

I'm a Leafs fan that doesn't hate a lot. And I was happy with the Kadri trade when it first happened. No one wanted Barrie to succeed as a Leaf more than me.

But I hated this guy when he was in Toronto. An absolute unmitigated disaster. He wasn't just bad, he was a fraud. I knew the defence would never be perfect. But he was supposed to be a PP QB who could handle big minutes. He couldn't do that at all.

He had a dead cat bounce for a year or so with Edmonton, and good for him. But this guy was a washed up waste of a roster spot back in 2020. He absolutely doesn't belong in the NHL today. No GM should even flinch seeing his name on the wire. He'll clear and then, rightly, he'll never play in the NHL again.

He literally lead the NHL in scoring among dmen the year after leaving Toronto, and was top 10 in NHL defense scoring over his 3 years in Edmonton. Just because Babcock was clueless with his deployment and he fell off last year doesn’t mean he wasn’t still good until 2023. You just couldn’t use him as a shutdown dman

 

[VaporTrail]

I could see Kevyn Adams picking him up and making him an assistant captain because that's how Kev rolls.

 

[Bone Density]