I would trade him to San Jose in a Karlsson deal if it's possible. It makes the cap situation much more workable, and he's played better of late, but really who here thinks this is the guy who can take the Oilers to the promised land? If he's not you're just better off cap wise getting about the same level of play from Skinner (or better) and having a cheaper veteran 1B like Reimer.
Easily if we could.
I don't like his fundamentals at all... his five hole is visibly leaky... it's like he can't even hold a basic butterfly. That's strange to see at the NHL level. As soon as he's lifting a leg to edge, or to scramble or readjust or whatever... BOTH legs lose the seal. Normally the weight bearing leg would stay flush/sealed on ice.
That said, he makes up for some of that with great agility. Better than most we've had...
... but overall I feel like:
1) He's a guy you figure out quickly... just wait for him to open a hole (big pressure on our D to ensure shooters are always pressured... and we ain't good at that)
2) We've already seen some pretty shaky confidence... that doesn't bode well
Can't see why SJ would take him on though. Barrie is $4.5M for one season until the deadline, then he's worth at least a 2nd. Campbell has another 3 years after that and they already have Kahkonen and some other young goalies.