well, seems there's no real rhyme or reason to these moves yet. i listened to an interview with scotty bowman this morning and he said that the only reason barker is going down (ha!) is because his cap hit is 2.8 million. makes sense.
what doesn't make any fucking sense is why this situation wasn't resolved in a different way. as of right now, khabibulin's contract and uselessness has cost us our second line center, K. Adams (whom i think is an important character guy in the locker room and on the ice, especially for captain serious), and now a 2nd pairing defenseman for the opener.
everyone seems to think that this situation will get resolved before the season starts but i'm skeptical. it honestly seems that things have just come to an impasse. if dale had something to pull the trigger on, it would have been pulled, even bowman said that in the interview (http://www.fan590.com/media.jsp?content=20081007_100942_15020) so what the fuck does everyone think is going to happen???
now, it's possible that we'd be packaging barker with khabby and some more in a three or four way trade, but even then what could (would) we really get in return. i understand that everyone thinks we can land o'sullivan or somehow make a package for marc savard, but we need to be realistic. barker has no way near enough value to draw either of those dudes in, and the fact of the matter is if we think we're going to land a 2nd line center for barks, k-bag, and a few prospects we are in for a harsh dose of reality.
i'm sure by friday we'll have a little better of an idea (at least i hope we will) of what's going on, but until then the skies are way too cloudy to launch a flight.
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