Ottawa doesn't need Baerschi

Great work. I see all these trades going through. NJD takes a chance on Eriksson for someone they don't use, Ottawa reaches the floor and advance a round to take on a "bad" contract and the Coyotes swap a dman for a forward which is logic for them. Love it

In theory these deals make some sense, but there’s two problems.
1) Schneider hasn’t even been at a decent backup level of play for a couple years. I’m afraid he may be done as an NHL’er. Given that I’d rather keep Eriksson and try to sign a decent backup.
2) Demers blocked a trade to the Canucks when he was with FLA, I think because of the tax situation. If he gets shipped to VAN and is unhappy about it it could be bad for team morale. Otherwise I like that player swap though.

That's fair, but I still think they may need some money to get to the floor, and he can still be effective in the bottom 6. OTT needs to gain at least $20M to reach the cap floor and just resign Duclair, Brown, Tierney, maybe a vet D-man. Majority of their NHL players for next year won't be making much. If not Baertschi, they'll need to add some other contracts.

True about Schneider, I would be interested if it's a physical ailment (hips, groin, etc.) hurting his performance which we've seen it a lot of veteran goalies. If it's a matter of psychological, the Canucks insert their faith and confidence into him, find him the right sports psychology consultation, give him the opportunity to mentor Demko and play 20-30 games a season. If it doesn't work send him to the AHL like NJD did, and find a backup for under $1.5M. Still better than Eriksson clogging up your forward group, they may even consider sending Roussel, Beagle down to the AHL eventually.

Good catch with Demers, didn't know about that.