Pass from Buffalo. Don’t need his contract.

wont happen ullmark isnt being traded.

You probably will need his contract, still need to get to the Cap Floor this coming off season.. Plus next offseason, I can smell a Jeff Skinner buyout summer 2023, they get significant relief and rid themselves of a useless overpaid 3rd line Winger, unless you know he scores 30 come season end this year and another 30 next year... Either way, as an Oiler fan, I would prefer to keep Barrie over Ceci, and find a 2/3rd pairing Left D over Miller(although I do like Miller..)..

There wont be a Skinner buyout. Pegulas are cheap as all hell, Sabres can also make a number of moves better than Barrie to get to the floor.

Buffalo pass, we don't need Barrie. Yesterday's game was enough for me just to confirm it.

They may be cheap, but they're also smart business people, and after next season his contract breaks down as;
$18.4m for actual payout over 8 years rather than the $32m he would be owed in salary for the following 4 seasons.. Plus they would save $7.7x2 years, then $4.7 and $2.7m for the 4 seasons he would be on the team for, yes the $2.3 cap hit for 4 more years wouldn't be ideal, but by then the cap should be going up more and more by then...

Other ways to get money spent, don’t need to take on a bad player to do it. Not to mention giving up someone who will get a pick at the deadline.

If I were the Buffalo GM (probably a good thing), I would do the Barrie deal.
Barrie is signed for 2 additional years, Buffalo only has Jokiharju signed for next season, Barrie is an elite offensive defenseman and his salary is only $625,000 higher than Miller.

@Dmaz026 and @KDow88 While Skinner is over paid by $2,000,000 he will not be bought out until 2025 at the earliest when there are only two years remaining on his contract.
Skinner is producing now that Granato has allowed Skinner to play to his strengths.

Buffalo needed Boychuk's salary to reach the floor.
Okposo's salary will come off of the books at the end of the 2022-'23 season, freeing up an additional $6,000,000 cap.
Next year I could see four of, Quinn ($894,167), Laaksonen ($853,333), Samuelsson ($925,000), Power or Krebs ($863,333) on the team next year all at ELC, about $3,535,833 cap
replacing Eakin ($2,250,000), Miller ($3,875,000), Butcher ($2,822,764), and Hagg ($1,600,000) with a total cap of 10,547,764
opening up another $7,000,000 for at least the next 3 years.

If offered, Buffalo should make that deal as Barrie's salary could easily be absorbed next two seasons.