Confirmed with Link: Justin Barron Signed 2 years @ $1.15 AAV

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1818330967901134971

Click to read more...

 

[Karma Police]

Cheap show me deal. Love it

 

[McGuires Corndog]

Make or break time for Mr. Barron.

Hope he can cement himself in the line up

 

[badfish]

Very much a show me contract. He clearly has a lot of tools but has yet to really put them together consistently. I thought he looked better towards the end of the season.

 

[Yep]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1818330967901134971

- As-tu du réseau?

- J'ai juste une barre...

- hoooon... c'est mieux que rien.

 

[sheed36]

After a month of celebrating getting Demidov @ 5 in the draft Hughes finally sobered up today and is getting shit done.

 

[Ezpz]

Makes sense. Neither he or Xhekaj have shown they deserve long-term commitments. Just hope Guhle isn't in the same boat, I'd rather get him cheaper now.

 

[Habs10Habs]

After a month of celebrating getting Demidov @ 5 in the draft Hughes finally sobered up today and is getting shit done.

Somebody go get @sampollock. Hughes is awake and ready to rumble lol

Nice deal for both sides.

 

[FrankMTL]

Our 7 'NHL defensemen' are locked up at a combined salary of 13.95 million.

Barron has always shown glimpses of his talent, but he just hasn't put it together yet. He may never, but this is a deal for him to prove what he can do.

 

[David Suzuki]

The real question now is: will he score more goals than Josh Anderson?

 

[Redux91]

Oh , surprising

Not ready to give up on him yet looks like
(Even tho it's obviously a sneaky 'good trade bait salary')

But all things considered good deal

Now Guhle, Kent!

 

[Benstheman]

Standard deal. I like his shot and his mobility. Hope he can put it together.

Now Sign me one Guhle to 8 X 6 M$ per.

 

[waitin425]

Im good with him being our third pair RD. I am hopeful that Rein and Mailloux are the 1st and 2nd pair RD's of the future.

Guhle - Mailloux
Hutson - Rein
Xhekaj - Barron

 

[sampollock]

HE better prove it this year. or he a ahl forever

 

[Tyson]

Hughes is on fire. Everyone is signed. Still have a good chunk of cap space left

 

[sheed36]

Hughes is on fire. Everyone is signed. Still have a good chunk of cap space left

According to Puckpedia they still have 5.45m of cap space left. Likely won't even have to add Price and his 10.5m to LTIR this season, if they don't add another big salary this off season.

 

[yianik]

Deal is fine for both but I think highlights to Barron he is not up there on the depth chart.

As usual for young players with some size and skill, biggest issue is between the ears. If Barron is doing well then he rides that. If he hits a bump his game falls off.

We have seen him have great plays and a few good games, so he has that upside ability. He needs big time consistency and despite the 2 year deal his time is almost up with us. My guess is he is not sent down and having to clear waivers for most of the year at least.

 

[Trabdy2]

Good show me deal. Barron will have an opportunity to show what he's got this year because he will need waivers to go down. Finding consistency is going to be key. His "highs" are very good.

Gotta imagine multiple teams will put a claim in for him if he is waived with that contract AAV.

 

[Tyson]

Nice to see Barron signed. Not yet 23 and has only played 94 NHL games. Smooth skater, excellent offensive instincts. As a defenseman he has to be a better defender and maybe that comes in the next couple of seasons. We fans are not patient but I was always told that young Dmen need at least 200 games to figure things out.

 

[Gustave]

According to Puckpedia they still have 5.45m of cap space left. Likely won't even have to add Price and his 10.5m to LTIR this season, if they don't add another big salary this off season.

They’ll have to, it’s not « if », unless you want Price to comeback and take a roster spot.

They just don’t have to do it in the summer.

Speaking of which, do we play the whole season with 16 millions in cap space? That would be surprising.

 

[Milhouse40]

Put one in the Xhekaj signing thread.....so I had to double down for this signing too

 

[morhilane]

Yeah, everyone is signed now. Which means we can all return to sip margaritas near the pool until camp start.

 

[ReHabs]

Speaking of which, do we play the whole season with 16 millions in cap space? That would be surprising.

They spent the whole of last year with a ton of cap space and never needed to put Price on LTIR

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Great signing again. They need to give him a real shot this year. Needs to be on the 3rd pairing. Let's see what this guy can do.

 

[Redux91]

Great signing again. They need to give him a real shot this year. Needs to be on the 3rd pairing. Let's see what this guy can do.

They will most likely have Guhle and Savard as the top 4 RD's again for 1 more year next year
And with Kovasevic gone
Odds are that spot at 3RD was liberated for Barron..

But I still think they're mindset is 'well hey, it's going to whoever wins the spot in training camp between Mailloux and Barron'

Which is amazing we even have that luxury when REINBACHER exists and is just chomping at the bit to be a top4 RD for us himself lol