What to do with Barrie?

[Dekes For Days]

Are we the only team that continually "use as their own rental" and then see players leave for nothing year after year?

No, it's what pretty much all teams in our position do.

 

[Welsh Maple Leaf]

Keeping him is the best option. Signing Muzz and leaving him walk in the summer.

 

[yubbers]

Keeping him is the best option. Signing Muzz and leaving him walk in the summer.

That means you're confident this team can make a run. I'm not.
You have to move him at the deadline to recoup something. Otherwise, the Kadri trade is a certified disaster.

 

[rojac]

They should do whatever Dubas and the rest of the front office thinks is best for the team.

 

[Welsh Maple Leaf]

That means you're confident this team can make a run. I'm not.
You have to move him at the deadline to recoup something. Otherwise, the Kadri trade is a certified disaster.

Nobody is giving up on the season as much as you think they should

 

[JT AM da real deal]

Nobody is giving up on the season as much as you think they should

Really we can't. We got 2-4 years of Tavares left. We need to make each one count.

 

[PromoterDave]

Would let Muzzin walk and re sign Barrie if we can't trade him for another top pairing Right Shot defenseman

 

[yubbers]

Nobody is giving up on the season as much as you think they should

Sometimes you need ppl willing to make tough calls. Like admitting they made a mistake. That's one of the differences between good and bad management. Get something now for him or double down. I think the wise bet is to take something.

 

[rimshot]

Are we the only team that continually "use as their own rental" and then see players leave for nothing year after year?

With Dubas being the best GM at drafting in the league by a mile, you'd think he'd love those draft picks.

When you can sign free agents for nothing then losing them for nothing is a wash. It is the cap space that tells the tale. If you keep Barrie and try to sign him that means you think he is better than anyone else playing that position that you think you can reasonably expect to sign.

 

[7even]

Team isn't nearly good enough to be renting at the deadline, and since this season is seriously threatening write off status, you can't only have Alexander Kerfoot as your 2y return on Nazem Kadri.

 

[Polaris1010]

Team isn't nearly good enough to be renting at the deadline, and since this season is seriously threatening write off status, you can't only have Alexander Kerfoot as your 2y return on Nazem Kadri.

Kadri and Brown, the forwards traded away before the start of this year. They are having good seasons.

 

[7even]

Kadri and Brown, the forwards traded away before the start of this year. They are having good seasons.

To nobody's surprise, I don't think.

 

[Raym11]

Our team might be sucking down the stretch here, but this is still our cup window. People seem to forget. We have to try to win at all costs, trading Barrie for picks or prospects is pointless, especially with Rielly hurt.

We can't just throw the season out the window when we're in a tight playoff race. This team still has potential to not be garbage if they play properly.

I always forget this place is called hockeys future and how obsessed with prospects and picks people can get when losing

 

[landeskog11]

trade barrie for a high pick and a more responsible defensive dman with size, barrie, timashov and bracco to dallas for oleksiak and a 1st.

 

[Clark4Ever]

Our team might be sucking down the stretch here, but this is still our cup window. People seem to forget. We have to try to win at all costs, trading Barrie for picks or prospects is pointless, especially with Rielly hurt.

We can't just throw the season out the window when we're in a tight playoff race. This team still has potential to not be garbage if they play properly.

I always forget this place is called hockeys future and how obsessed with prospects and picks people can get when losing

I don't think anyone has endorsed trading him for picks and/or prospects.

 

[shaner8989]

Waivers tomorrow

Instantly better

 

[A1LeafNation]

Keefe/Andersen/Campbell 17-4-4 so far.

 

[sxvnert]

Move him to the highest bidder. Bring in a more defensive D.

 

[JerseyMike34]

You can't trade him and convince this fan base you're in it to win it.

So you're screwed.

 

[GQS]

Our team might be sucking down the stretch here, but this is still our cup window. People seem to forget. We have to try to win at all costs, trading Barrie for picks or prospects is pointless, especially with Rielly hurt.

The Leafs 'cup window' will be open for as long as our core players are young and still under contract which should be many years. I don't know why everyone makes it sound like Matthews, Marner and Nylander are in their 30s and don't have many years in front of them left to win a cup.

We can't just throw the season out the window when we're in a tight playoff race. This team still has potential to not be garbage if they play properly.

I don't think Barrie is the difference between the Leafs winning the cup or not and I have no interest in resigning him unless the contract is very reasonable which is unlikely. I'd rather get some decent assets for him than lose him for nothing especially if one or more teams are willing to offer a good package for him.

 

[Wafflewhipper]

Drop him off at the airport with Kerfoot. One way ticket

 

[likecheese]

You can't trade him and convince this fan base you're in it to win it.

So you're screwed.

How could we ever replace that one pp goal he's scored all season?

 

[deepthoughtsleafs]

Give him another chance. This guy has talent, he's just having a horrid first year. He'll bounce back, lets exercise patience for once. The only thing we have to do in the offseason is honestly trade the Locker Room Cancer that is Mitch Marner.

 

[Apex Predator]

It looks like he’s just trying to get points so he can cash in on a big contract.

 

[DarkKnight]

This guy is not taking us to the promised land. If you agree then why wouldn’t you maximize the asset instead of letting him walk for nothing? A team like the Bruins will eat this muffin alive, come on.