Mark Barberio

[Go Nics Go]

Do you thing crack the line up this year?

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[The Macho King]

Do you thing crack the line up this year?

Hope so. He was a little shaky in his two games up here last season, but I still have high hopes for him.

 

[LTIR Trickery]

Yes, he will.

 

[Steve Yzerman]

He is not waiver exempt this year, correct? Will he be forced to make the team because I think there's a good chance that he'll get picked up.

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

He is not waiver exempt this year, correct? Will he be forced to make the team because I think there's a good chance that he'll get picked up.

MARK BARBERIO IS EXEMPT FROM WAIVERS.

The following chart shows the number of years (not including 2013-14) or games he has to play to lose his exemption, as well as how many years and games he has played to date. It highlights in red the years or games (whichever he reaches first) remaining on his exemption.
This result is based on the data you entered: Player did not appear in one or more professional games after signing his first NHL contract in 2010-11; and player has appeared in 2 career NHL regular season and playoff games games. If this information was entered incorrectly, the calculator will generate an incorrect result.

YEARS GAMES
EXEMPT UNTIL 3 138
TO DATE 2 2
REMAINING EXEMPTION 1 136
NOTES: Mark Barberio's signing age for the purposes of waivers is recorded in our database as 20 while the first season of his first NHL contract is recorded as 2010-11. We have also determined that he was eligible for a reduction in the number of NHL games played required for waiver eligibility (as noted in Exhibit 16, Transition Rules, of the CBA) by virtue of his contract and playing status during the 2012-13 lockout-shortened season. If you believe an error has occurred in the calculation, contact [email protected] via email or let us know via Twitter.

Based on my numbers which hope are correct he is safe.

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

Barberio said on facebook to my friend who is his friend he cannot be sent down without clearing waivers first.

So not sure if is because of a second contract? If new cba is different etc..?

Capgeek stated he is safe but Mark says he is not?

I am 100% confused

Barbs says is because he is no longer on his entry level contract?

I am unsure if that is how it works now or what.

So someone verify. I am just reporting what I can

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Barberio said on facebook to my friend who is his friend he cannot be sent down without clearing waivers first.

So not sure if is because of a second contract? If new cba is different etc..?

Capgeek stated he is safe but Mark says he is not?

I am 100% confused

Barbs says is because he is no longer on his entry level contract?

I am unsure if that is how it works now or what.

So someone verify. I am just reporting what I can

Ok he is no longer protected so other teams can make a claim for him if we assign him to Syracuse.

The exemption status goes by either when they first signed their ELC or how many NHL games they have played in. So Barberio signed his entry deal when he was 20 years old. That means he is no longer exempt after 3 years or after playing in 160 NHL games (changed to 138 for players affected by the lockout), whichever comes first. It's been 3 years since, so he's no longer safe.

This chart explains it.

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

Ok he is no longer protected so other teams can make a claim for him if we assign him to Syracuse.

The exemption status goes by either when they first signed their ELC or how many NHL games they have played in. So Barberio signed his entry deal when he was 20 years old. That means he is no longer exempt after 3 years or after playing in 160 NHL games (changed to 138 for players affected by the lockout), whichever comes first. It's been 3 years since, so he's no longer safe.

This chart explains it.

I had thought this year was his third for some reason.

So makes sense. So doesnt matter if is second contract? Is all age of first signing than games played etc..

Makes sense now TY

I hope he makes the team anyway and we run 7 defenders

 

[Steve Yzerman]

Ok he is no longer protected so other teams can make a claim for him if we assign him to Syracuse.

The exemption status goes by either when they first signed their ELC or how many NHL games they have played in. So Barberio signed his entry deal when he was 20 years old. That means he is no longer exempt after 3 years or after playing in 160 NHL games (changed to 138 for players affected by the lockout), whichever comes first. It's been 3 years since, so he's no longer safe.

This chart explains it.

Continuing from my first question, will he have to sit in the press box because that would just hurt his development. If Salo gets injured, I could see Barbs entering the lineup, or if Brewer plays poorly, I could see Barbs being substituted for him. But if Brewer plays well under Cooper, will Barbs just sit until an injury occurs? I know the organization highly values Barbs with Yzerman's comments on him when he signed his recent contract to allow him to go through waivers.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Continuing from my first question, will he have to sit in the press box because that would just hurt his development. If Salo gets injured, I could see Barbs entering the lineup, or if Brewer plays poorly, I could see Barbs being substituted for him. But if Brewer plays well under Cooper, will Barbs just sit until an injury occurs? I know the organization highly values Barbs with Yzerman's comments on him when he signed his recent contract to allow him to go through waivers.

If Cooper uses 7 dmen, that will help and could also be a good scenario for Barberio too. As the 7th dman he could be fed manageable minutes while gaining that important experience with NHLers to help him get more comfortable at this level. I guess we'll see during camp and in the preseason games how ready he is to take the next step.

 

[chasespace]

If Cooper uses 7 dmen, that will help and could also be a good scenario for Barberio too. As the 7th dman he could be fed manageable minutes while gaining that important experience with NHLers to help him get more comfortable at this level. I guess we'll see during camp and in the preseason games how ready he is to take the next step.

I could see them rotating Aulie and Barberio in the #6 spot.

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

I could see them rotating Aulie and Barberio in the #6 spot.

I can see barberio being 7th d man and by end of year being on power play second line honestly. He has upside compared to some others unless gudas steps up. He actually showed 5-5 that he might be able to make things happen. I dont know if we give him a huge amount of time or chances for that though yet. Think gudas will get more PK time than PP time for now.

 

[NORiculous]

I wish him good luck and only have one question for him...

Are those real eyebrows?

 

[stammerhammer91]

Just interesting from the training camp, don't know if this was intentional or not but hedman was mostly paired with salo, carle was mostly paired with gudas, brewer with barberio, and aulie with sustr. I think those are solid pairings and wouldn't mind them staying with those if barberio can show he belongs.

 

[HoseEmDown]

Just interesting from the training camp, don't know if this was intentional or not but hedman was mostly paired with salo, carle was mostly paired with gudas, brewer with barberio, and aulie with sustr. I think those are solid pairings and wouldn't mind them staying with those if barberio can show he belongs.

I'm pretty sure it's international. Hedman played with Salo all of last year, everyone expects Gudas to be given top 4 minutes alongside Carle and the bottom pair was up for grabs with the rest. Being paired with Brewer shows me he's ahead of Sustr so he'll be at least the 7. Aulie-Sustr would be a massive pair to go along with our massive goalies.

 

[garmonbozia]

Intentionally international!

...interesting

 

[zeykshade]

Aulie-Sustr won't happen in the NHL for at least another year or two. Sustr has to actually grow into that massive frame and him getting bottom pairing minutes in the NHL would be detrimental to his development as compared to getting top 2 pair minutes in Syracuse.

I'm still waiting for Aulie to put it all together as well. Still not convinced.

 

[nhljohnson]

Hope so. He was a little shaky in his two games up here last season, but I still have high hopes for him.

Two games (and roughly 30:00 of ice time) is an incredibly small sample size but, even so, if his suppose "shaky" play leads to the team managing 30 more shots per game while he's on the ice than while he's off the ice, I'll take that every night, please. Granted, his on-ice per game shot differential (just like every TB defenseman, except for Radko Gudas, who finished the season with the club last season) was still negative but that just goes to show how poorly the team was outplayed with others, and not Mark Barberio, on the ice during those two matches.

Barberio may not have "looked" entirely comfortable and may not have actually been flawless in execution but whatever the shortcomings, it certainly didn't hurt the team those two games. You would expect his Relative Corsi figure to regress heavily with more NHL action but there's some reason to believe that Barberio can, like Gudas, be a bit of a boon to TB in trying to win the 5v5 possession battle.

 

[nhljohnson]

I'm still waiting for Aulie to put it all together as well. Still not convinced.

Aulie is an anchor but the arrival of Radko Gudas (as you'll recall, the two were often paired together) did show that Aulie can keep up and be serviceable. I'm guessing Aulie tops out as a 5/6 who eventually earns a bigger role eating PK minutes. Plus, he gives you a guy from the blueline who, if trouble starts brewing, you don't mind giving or taking a beating and losing him to the sin-bin. I think he's got a future in the NHL but I'm just not sure it lies with the Lightning beyond this season or next.

 

[jayslightning79]

Aulie is an anchor but the arrival of Radko Gudas (as you'll call, the two were often paired together) did show that Aulie can keep up and be serviceable. I'm guessing Aulie tops out as a 5/6 who eventually earns a bigger role eating PK minutes. Plus, he gives you a guy from the blueline who, if trouble starts brewing, you don't mind giving or taking a beating and losing him to the sin-bin. I think he's got a future in the NHL but I'm just not sure it lies with the Lightning beyond this season or next.

I think Sammy Salo, Eric Brewer will both be gone next season, one way or another. Salo will be UFA, and Brewer will have 1 year left on his deal. Barberio will thrive this season after he gets used to the NHL. So he'll be able to replace Salo easily, and eventually run our PP. As for Keith Aulie I think he's a pretty good Defensive Dmen, and having him play under a guy like Rick Bowness will make him get to the next level. Sometimes this season Andrej Sustr should also get a chance to play in the NHL.

No matter how you look at it, The future of the Tampa Bay Lightning has never been so bright!

 

[jayslightning79]

I could see them rotating Aulie and Barberio in the #6 spot.

Barberio will start the season as the 7th Dmen, but will eventually end up in the 3-4 pair. I wouldn't be surprised to see a guy like Matt Carle paired with Barberio.

Hedman - Salo
Gudas -Carle
Barberio - Aulie
Brewer (as the mentor)

Steve Yzerman's word after Drafting Jonathan Drouin instead of Seth Jones were: (Well something like this) I felt comfortable passing over Jones, because we feel that Barberio can be that kind of Dmen....Also they stated that Drouin was ranked higher on their lists.

 

[HoseEmDown]

Barberio will start the season as the 7th Dmen, but will eventually end up in the 3-4 pair. I wouldn't be surprised to see a guy like Matt Carle paired with Barberio.

Hedman - Salo
Gudas -Carle
Barberio - Aulie
Brewer (as the mentor)

Steve Yzerman's word after Drafting Jonathan Drouin instead of Seth Jones were: (Well something like this) I felt comfortable passing over Jones, because we feel that Barberio can be that kind of Dmen....Also they stated that Drouin was ranked higher on their lists.

A Carle-Barberio pairing would be pretty awful. Both players need a defensive anchor to play with. I can't see Barberio passing Gudas this year so he'll be set on the 3rd pair with a rotation of Aulie/Brewer.

 

[LightningStrikes]

A Carle-Barberio pairing would be pretty awful. Both players need a defensive anchor to play with. I can't see Barberio passing Gudas this year so he'll be set on the 3rd pair with a rotation of Aulie/Brewer.

Yeah I don't see that happening either. Also, most of the time defensive pairings at camp were:

Hedman - Salo
Carle - Gudas
Brewer - Barberio
Aulie - Sustr

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=683858

“I’m just approaching it the way I always have,” said Barberio, a sixth-round pick in 2008. “I just want to put my best foot forward, play my best hockey, and then it’s up to the coaches to decide whether I deserve to stay.

“I’ll just have to find a way to become consistent in this league. Things happen faster here. When you get the puck you’ve got to know right away what you’re doing with it. But there’s always a change of pace when you move up. It’s about adjusting your game.”

“He’s been with me for three years and I know what he can do,” Cooper said. “Now he’s just got to show everybody else what he can do. Can he keep up to the [NHL] speed? Can he think the game a little quicker, because the hockey IQ at this level is very high?”

He came to camp stronger after training with Lightning strength coach Mark Lambert in the offseason. Even though you must think the game much faster at the NHL level, Barberio said that taking a step back and letting the play come to you can make things easier.

“He’s got great offensive instincts,” Cooper said. “He knows when to jump in the play, he can move pucks and he was really good on the power play for us.

“Mark brings an enthusiasm to the game. There are guys that just have that “it” factor. When there’s a big part of a game and you need somebody to make a play, Mark was always one of those guys that made it for us in the minors. Is that going to translate to the NHL? I don’t know, but he’s done it in the past.”

“I’ve never tried to judge my game on points,” Barberio said. “My game is to be a puck mover, get the forwards going on offense and being solid defensively. My main goal is to always be a plus player. That’s a key factor in showing how well you play 5-on-5.”

Barberio has fit Cooper’s high-tempo, transition style. Now he must do it at the highest level.

“There’s more confidence that I’m used to [Cooper’s] system and I know the way he coaches,” Barberio said. “But there’s no room for taking anything for granted. Like everyone else, I’m just trying to earn a job.”

 

[BoltSTH]

Does anyone else think Barberio is MAB 2.0, and will be, at best, a power play specialist in the NHL?

I know he has played only 4 games (2 last , 2 this) be he seems to have no composure under pressure, and man handled by a good fore-check.