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If Soucy at 50% retained cost the same to acquire as Tyson Barrie, why in a million years would Ottawa take Barrie? He's a talented point producer, but he's a disaster defensively and he's an OFD who doesn't drive play. He's exactly the kind of player who won't help Ottawa. They have a PP1 guy in Chabot, and plenty of young Dmen with the talent to run a PP2 (Sanderson, Brannstrom, even Thomson). They need defensive stability. Barrie also has term on his deal, which makes him even less appealing to a Sens team heading into a cap crunch next summer.
Sens would just do that Soucy deal. He's way more of what Ottawa needs than Barrie.