Probably 1.5-2 short on Campbell

That's fair. Could buy out Kassian and increase the AAV on Campbell and then bring back Archibald to make the money work better.

Again nobody including the islanders want Barrie go trade him to Arizona with a 2nd

the isles just don’t need righties

Fair enough. I didn't do the league wide research to determine a good destination for Barrie, but I think that it's reasonable to think you could get a 3rd round pick for him.

Most fans, including many Oiler fans, do not recognize the vast improvement in Barrie's game down the regular season stretch and throughout the playoffs; he played a sound 2-way game and was a legitimate top-4 defender on a team that made it to the Conference finals. Given his remaining term and AAV, he should easily be worth more than a 3rd round pick from any team with $4.5M in cap space and a need for a mobile RHD with elite-level power play credentials.

Agreed. I think a 3rd rounder is a low return. I didn't want to be a Homer for the Oilers, but i think moving 22 is worth it for the cap relief and the fact that Bouchard duplicates his skillset for way less money.

I gave your post a Like because I accidentally pressed the Report button trying to reply. My apologies, mon ami.

But I gotta disagree with you. Barrie is far from a perfect D man but he has trade value.

Absolutely NO interest in Barrie from the Isles....

That's fair. As I stated above, I didn't do the league wide research to determine where Barrie should go. The concept is purely from an Oilers perspective and I think moving Barrie and his contract for a 3rd rounder is very reasonable, if not unfavourable toward Edmonton.

That's fine, but for the Isles point of view. Don't like the player nor the contract. We are trying to move salary ourselves. Lou is looking to get a big offensive guy via FA and he needs the salary. As well to pay Dobson and Brazal (next year).