that is a lot for a rental.

I think CLB would probably take it.

make the 1st conditional if he re-signs

no such thing.

It gives pooly a better chance plus having play with some other Finnish players might help his confidence

On paper, we already have too many wings and RHD.

That said, as a CBJ fan I'd do this. Barrie would be a way better fit to run the PP and Puljujarvi has a lot of traits that our current wingers are lacking.

Take Barrie out and jackets accept. They don’t need pool party but they could half retain and flip him for picks

If Barrie was expiring this year I would do it. We don’t need another offensive minded defenseman

They can easily fit his cap hit in next year, and he's probably an upgrade over Boqvist (who could get flipped elsewhere).

But if it's really that big of a deal, it's not like they can't just flip him (retained) at the draft. Worst case scenario, they just buy him out in the summer. Would cost $2m of cap in 23-24 and $1.25m in 24-25. That's easy to swallow.

CBJ needs a better tank Commander than Gudbranson anyways lol

We can do with or without Barrie, but this can work just fine as is IMO.