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2024-25 General Trades and Signings

cw said:
He was a UFA who re-signed with his team. Predators were buyers at the March trade deadline.
There may have been media rumors due to his UFA status
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I'm sure there were teams asking about him, too. It's unlikely it went past that. He certainly wasn't "about to be traded."

I also can't write Barron off as an AHLer just yet. He's still young, has size, skill, and potential. Defencemen take longer, and, at 23, he still has time. I don't think he'll amount to much, but I can easily see him becoming a similarly valued player to Carrier - capable of holding down a spot as a #4, but ideally a bottom pair guy.
 
bustaheims said:
I'm sure there were teams asking about him, too. It's unlikely it went past that. He certainly wasn't "about to be traded."

I also can't write Barron off as an AHLer just yet. He's still young, has size, skill, and potential. Defencemen take longer, and, at 23, he still has time. I don't think he'll amount to much, but I can easily see him becoming a similarly valued player to Carrier - capable of holding down a spot as a #4, but ideally a bottom pair guy.
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Right now, I feel the MTL D is clearly better with RH Carrier than it was with Barron.
Does it get them closer to a Cup? I don't think so. But it can help them short term (though I might like the better draft position instead).

Writing off 23 year old dmen with decent qualities on a bad team is too soon for my liking.
Teams can get burned with transactions like that. Odds are, he's a bottom pairing dman who might be a top 4.
3 years from now, odds are Nashville has a decent young dman while Carrier heads to free agency or trade for a 3rd/4th/5th.
 
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