He's a bottom six forward at most that would help Edmonton's forward depth and give them a tenacious forward that could be capable of helping out Edmonton's big dog forwards. He also is not much to give up and can be easily replaceable.

Barrie is a solid top 4 defensemen most times and he can run the powerplay and help out a struggling Winnipeg defensive core. He is also a RD which ups his value. While I don't see this deal as likely I could see it happen if Cheveldayof wishs to have a culture change.



* This deal only happens if Schmidt is moved from Winnipeg.

I don't think that he is neccesary a cap dump and Jon Hynes certainly likes his big forwards that will make a difference and create space and Nashville isn't really all that worried about cap space given the fact that they have 12+ million in space. Thus I don't think it's a cap dump but I do think that there could be room to add a third.

The Sens buy him out cause his buyout penalty is peanuts.

This seems pretty even and is basically buying time for Skinner to fully develop and potentially get a breakthrough year from Hill as it is a contract year. It also waits out the last year of Smiths contract where he'll most likely retire. It also waits out the last year of Keiths deal which then he retires and you're left with more wiggle room to potentially go out and get Gibson.