Cam Barker placed on waivers by MIN

[E_Godard]

Originally Posted by Strummergas

NO! Jesus Christ, it's like an episode of "Hoarders" in here!

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Strummergas

NO! Jesus Christ, it's like an episode of "Hoarders" in here!

It may be worse than "hoarders" some of us may need to get an Intervention thread going for the Barker/Bergfors fans

[Strummergas]

Originally Posted by upshalling

Does Bergfors fall into your
barker or moulson catergory?

I'd say he's closer to the Moulson/Grabner than he is to Barker, but still not in their catagory. He's around Barker's age but with about only 100 games less NHL experience (esentially a season's worth). I could justify taking a chance on Bergfors over Barker, but I still don't feel like this team is desperate enough to pull the trigger on a move like this.

[IslesRock4]

Originally Posted by upshalling

Excuse me but im going in a different direction, if bought out i think we should give him a preseason tryout. Im not for claiming him at 3 mil

You started this thread, and replied that Garth should pick him up. My apologies, but perhaps you should have specified what you meant by "pick him up" earlier.

Yet still, there is no point in touching Barker. If we didn't want to upgrade on defense, Snow would have kept Gervais, Hillen, and Martinek (all three are more serviceable options than Cam Barker). If he ever becomes anything more than a 3rd pairing defenseman in this league I'll cut my own balls off.

[seafoam]

Originally Posted by Riders on the Strome

You started this thread, and replied that Garth should pick him up. My apologies, but perhaps you should have specified what you meant by "pick him up" earlier.

Yet still, there is no point in touching Barker. If we didn't want to upgrade on defense, Snow
would have kept Gervais, Hillen, and Martinek (all three are more serviceable options than Cam Barker). If he ever becomes anything more than a 3rd pairing defenseman in this league I'll cut my own balls off.

Sorry for confusion, im a younger
isles fan (18) and may not know as much as you so give me some slack

[88th Precinct]

I probably wouldn't do this.....Jurcina and Wishart are both big and less pylon-like.

Rather just woo the hell out of Ehrhoff on a high-yield 3-4 year deal.

[bluechipbonzo]

This is about value for salary.

Doesn't mean he's not an NHLer.

He will play somewhere in 2011-12.

[JPurthe1]

Originally Posted by Caustic Acrostic

I probably wouldn't do this.....Jurcina and Wishart are both big and less pylon-like.

Rather just woo the hell out of Ehrhoff on a high-yield 3-4 year deal.

How much wooing do we go up to? I mean Bieksa got 4.5 and Ehrhoff has stated that he will not take less than that and Hamhuis's deal.

So what about a 5 year 6 mil / year?

We might need to go higher for him, this year.

[Canuckommunist]

He'll want 6-6+, if you give him that and turn he'll sign.

Originally Posted by JPurthe1

How much wooing do we go up to? I mean Bieksa got 4.5 and Ehrhoff has stated that he will not take less than that and Hamhuis's deal.

So what about a 5 year 6 mil / year?

We might need to go higher for him, this year.

[BennyBST]

Barker will go Florida, because Tallon loves to re-acquire everyone he had in chicago...

[nyisles]

Originally Posted by Riders on the Strome

I know we're feeling all giddy because we got a waiver gem in Grabner but it's not going to happen again. Especially when we're talking about someone with little talent.

Yes, for every Grabner there will be a dozen Schremps. Once again, it's easy to jump on the "claim [garbage player on waivers]!!" bandwagon when it's not your wallet the millions will come out of... IMO, even with the Isles' trouble luring FAs, they could still do a lot better for the money Barker makes.

[88th Precinct]

Would anyone blink of Snow laid a 5yr./$32m contract on the table?

$6.4m would be hard for other teams to match...

[RoseTintedVisor]

I wouldnt bat an eye if Snow tossed that contract out to Erhoff.

And then 3.3 to Jussi Jokinen.

Then, play hockey.

[IslesRock4]

Originally Posted by Ghost of Volek

I wouldnt bat an eye if Snow tossed that contract out to Erhoff.

And then 3.3 to Jussi Jokinen.

Then, play hockey.

Jokinen will probably get upwards of $4M in this market.

[Mavericknyc1980]

Originally Posted by Caustic Acrostic

Would anyone blink of Snow laid a 5yr./$32m contract on the table?

$6.4m would be hard for other teams to match...

We need to be careful here, soon our young talent need to be reupped. Thats kind of hard for a D man.

[hgo]

Not every top-5 pick is going to turn into Chris Pronger. Isles fans should know seeing as they watched Scott Lachance for eight years.

Winning teams don't dive through other teams' trash to build a winner. Grabner is the one-in-a-million exception.

[crashthenet]

Cleared conditional waivers.