By Bryan Reynolds -
Free agency came and went this summer, and not a single offer was sent Barker's way. Then the lockout fired up, and teams clamped down on signing concrete footed, emotionless, offensive defensemen who can barely play well enough to make a high school team in Minnesota. It was the one sign of sanity from an ownership group that spent like drunken teenagers on a Mexican cruise this summer.
The schadenfreude here is off the charts.
On a basic human level, we hope nothing but the best for Cam Barker. He's made enough money to support himself and his family for a century, and played the game well enough to get three chances in the NHL, which is exactly three more than much more deserving players have received.
The only remaining question is... how will the LA Lakers react to this news. How they can make it without number 24 on the roster while he plays in a pro development league has yet to be seen.
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