COL shouldn't be moving a 2023 1st for a rental.

Even at 50% retained and moving Comphers cap, it still leaves us too close to the cap ceiling. Which means having to pay more for third party retention, which drives up the price, making Toews that less desirable as a trade target.

I think Colorado is a team that toews would sign a team friendly extension with. He wants to win and Sakic is his idol.

Fair. I guess it would just come down to how friendly of a deal is would be.

I think Jets would like the player, although they have the cap-space that they don't rly need the retention, so if not retaining takes the 5th off I think they would do that.

Jets would like AA. They need to add to the middle six as they don’t get much secondary scoring. Don’t need retention so drop the 5th and you’ve got yourself a deal.

This seems like a year COL should be semi all in, no? last year before Mack's new deal kicks in

Yes agreed, semi all in. But moving their 2023 1st is not semi in, that's all in (especially when you consider how few picks and prospects they have left after going all in last year)

Barrie has 9 points so far (tied for 18th in the league among defensemen) and is leading the Oilers blueliners with a 61.11 GF% at 5v5. Why are you viewing him as a cap dump?

Generally a liability in his own end, and i'll bet on the sample size that is his whole career over the past 15 games. Erik Gustaffson was once top 5 in dman point for the hawks and was still terrible. It's possible to be both. At least Gus make 800k, Barrie makes 4.5M

That's a tired narrative that doesn't stand the light of day. Barrie had a positive GF% Rel at 5v5 in 8 of the past 9 seasons and is doing it again this year. So it's not a 15 game hot streak, it's the expectation based on a decade worth of results.

He's a 50-point RHD who wins his minutes at 5v5 and costs just $4.5M - and you think he's a cap dump.