I would trade barrie in a heartbeat for a 1st, "IF" that return were available. If it isnt a first in return .... keep him.
This scenario has been a blessing for lilly and sandin.
Receiving the experience they are getting for the rest of the season.... priceless.
Other than that, Stay the course, unless there is a deal to be made which will result in something extraordinary.
If there are problems within the team, wait till the end of the season.
Dubas has no problem exiling a player of selfish intent to the outside .... remember sparks last season?
If the leafs dont get into the playoffs, so be it.
The Babcock era, INJURIES and sub par goaltending have seriously damaged this team.
The biggest problem for dubas at this point is not the defence.
If the forwards would backup the defencemen better, you might see a better defensive response from this team.
The leafs goaltending this season been sub par at best.
And there isnt much to be done to fix this area now besides laying a defencman in front of the goalie to help them out lololol.
SOMETIMES, it is two steps forward and one step back.
These are kids out there and by running on empty (cap hits), filling out your roster with players because of monies instead of talent, will sometimes create areas of concern.
But this doesnt seem to be the case here, because the bottom 6 players have performed admirably.
Dubas seems like a smart young man, that will pull this together this season or next.
Remember all the crap coming out of the st.louis camp last season?
And they got it together and won the cup.
Sink or swim with this group .... except barrie lol.
Never liked him ..... reminds me of gardiner and I couldnt stand gardiner.