Claimed off Waivers: Avs claim Barberio from Habs

[AMDZen]

Yes!

Don't even need Sergachev now ya'll

 

[1909]

better than Gélinas, and cheaper.

 

[Not Sure]

Sakic immediately puts him on the trade block for a good young defensive prospect and a 2nd round pick.

 

[bleuetbio]

Barberio is certainly not a big lost for us but helped us a lot when half the club was injured. That said, We have a clear top 7 and he was 8th on the hierarchy. I wish him good luck in the future.

At least, Barberio comes from a realy good defense system. He should gives great inputs to avs managers

I feel bad for Eric Gélinas… being waived for Barberio…. Tough moment for the ego

 

[The Great Weal]

Great tank move.

 

[Beendair Donedat]

Have fun with him.

He's not nearly as barbaric as I would have hoped.

 

[bl02]

But all I hear is that he's a good possession player

 

[Noldo]

Nesterov pushed Barberio out of Tampa, now he just pushed him out of Montreal. Poor Mark. Good luck with the Avs!

If Nesterov is thrown in in a deal for Duchene and Barbeiro ends up in waivers, should we start to suspect something?

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Like others have said, Barberio is a really good skater. He can skate the puck out if given room. His outlet pass is good if given time. It's when he doesn't have room or time that issues arise. He tends to have brain farts with the puck because he sucks under pressure.

He's really inconsistent. He can play a really great game one game and then you have: in another.

Good luck to him.

 

[Xspyrit]

It was 650k, and if demoted all of his salary would have been buried because it's less than the 750k cap. The benefit is that it's a contract off the books. That gives Berg flexibility going forward.

All the best to Mark.

Well, you totally misread my post.

Even if it's just ~1 000 000$ (this year + next), money is money

I was talking about REAL MONEY and his contract also has another year left...

 

[Mark Kandy]

If Nesterov is thrown in in a deal for Duchene and Barbeiro ends up in waivers, should we start to suspect something?

I guess we already should do

 

[bleedgreen]

Avs need more mobile d. He's a more mobile d. It's worth a shot. You don't expect guys off waivers to change the direction of your team, and just because you suck doesn't mean you stop trying to get better.