If Kadri hadnt used NTC

thought the rumour was that Mark Jankowski was going to be part of the deal, who is such a downgrade from Kerfoot but Brodie would be the playing style Dman you would have preferred over Barrie

This makes no sense. You have to have a cap compliant roster at the beginning of the season. Having Johnsson playing in October makes the team non compliant Robertson and Clifford weren't on the team

There was a rumor at the deadline that Barrie was nearly traded for Brodie which would have given us the best dman and the best forward but oh well. I still prefer the Colorado return over the Calgary one due to Kerfoot being here for the long term but yeah

God Barrie has been a disappointment. I can't believe you guys thought he was good. The analytics said he was meh at best and they were proven correct In a big way

Yeah, Connor Brown and Mark Jankowski were also in the deal.

It’s too bad, because I think it could have really benefitted CGY and TOR.

You live and die by Barrie, really have to embarrass his free roaming ways and he needs to be on PP1 to get full value out of him. That was never going to happen in TO with Reilly, it was doomed from the start. Thats why Avs fans also have a deep appreciation for Erik Johnson who played so many hard minutes so Barrie could have the better match ups to produce points. Now EJ can have an easier work load with no Barrie and Makar here

Babcock had no idea how to use Barrie, which made a bad fit even worse. He was good at controlled zone exits with the Avs bc he would just skate himself out of trouble.