Canucks Training Camp: Day 2 Over

[King Canuck]

I see not many people giving Barker a chance. I wouldn't mind having him as a 7 th or 8 th defender.

[mrcrazycanuck]

Originally Posted by parabola

I cant see Ballard being on this team for much longer. Especially given the 2 amnesty buyouts.

Why would they buy him out when they could get a late first rounder for him

He needs a change of teams, I am thinking back to Phoenix or NYI

[LiquidSnake]

Originally Posted by King Canuck

I see not many people giving Barker a chance. I wouldn't mind having him as a 7 th or 8 th defender.

Better than Alberts and maybe takes Tanevs job

[me2]

Originally Posted by doubledown99

Hey guys, does Chris Tanev have any fantasy potential?

Not if you fantasy league rewards putting your team on the PK.

Is he good offensively? Is he tough? Just curious.

no and no

[me2]

Originally Posted by LiquidSnake

Better than Alberts and maybe takes Tanevs job

the guy was run out of the AHL....... he'd want to have found some magic water or a mysterious lamp in need of rubbing since then

[Reverend Mayhem]

Originally Posted by me2

Not if you fantasy league rewards putting your team on the PK.


no and no

Since when was Tanev in the doghouse here?

[jammyrft]

Given our PTO's I'd take Vandermeer any day over Barker

[thefeebster]

Originally Posted by LiquidSnake

Better than Alberts and maybe takes Tanevs job

Not sure if serious... Honestly don't know.

If we are talking hockey sense, Tanev's brain is the size of a watermelon while Barkers is that of a pea.

Get Barker away from this camp and team ASAP. Don't want him infecting any of our guys with his "I-don't-know-what-I'm-doing-itis". Connauton has enough trouble as it is.

[pahlsson]

Originally Posted by King Canuck

I see not many people giving Barker a chance. I wouldn't mind having him as a 7 th or 8 th defender.

guy is a scrub, i wouldn't mind having him as a 7/8 defender on the wolves

[LiquidSnake]

Originally Posted by me2

the guy was run out of the AHL....... he'd want to have found some magic water or a mysterious lamp in need of rubbing since then

Fair enough but you think Alberts would be in the NHL if he wasnt on the Canucks? doubtful.

[Scottrockztheworld*]

Originally Posted by LiquidSnake

Fair enough but you think Alberts would be in the NHL if he wasnt on the Canucks? doubtful.

Really? He is the 7th D on one of the top teams in the NHL. He'd be a top 6 on a bottom feeder.

[MS]

Originally Posted by King Canuck

I see not many people giving Barker a chance. I wouldn't mind having him as a 7 th or 8 th defender.

Why?

What exactly does he bring to the table?

He's probably the worst defensive defender to see regular NHL duty over the past few seasons - utter travesty, no idea what he's doing. He also contributes nothing offensively, aside from the one year where he was put on a PP with Kane-Toews-Sharp-Campbell and scored 30 PP points.

Guess what? If Andrew Alberts was put on the #1 PP unit for an entire season, he'd score 40 points, too.

Barker is a rubbish player. Total crap.

[TheSnowLeopard]

I do not get the wanton disparaging of Alberts. He's bottom pairing sure but we are talking about a physical, stay at home guy that does everything asked of him and that makes 1.25 mil.

[PRNuck]

Originally Posted by LiquidSnake

Fair enough but you think Alberts would be in the NHL if he wasnt on the Canucks? doubtful.

Without a doubt.

[PG Canuck]

Originally Posted by LiquidSnake

Better than Alberts and maybe takes Tanevs job

Doubt he makes the team unless he REALLY impresses, and I highly doubt he would take Tanev's spot.

[Reverend Mayhem]

Originally Posted by TheSnowLeopard

I do not get the wanton disparaging of Alberts. He's bottom pairing sure but we are talking about a physical, stay at home guy that does everything asked of him and that makes 1.25 mil.

He is a good bottom pairing player WHEN he is on his game.

[NugentHopkinsfan]

Barker being invited would once again make me question our ''genius'' GM.

[JerkChicken]

Originally Posted by jammyrft

Given our PTO's I'd take Vandermeer any day over Barker

This.

A thousand times THIS.

[thegutter]

Originally Posted by NugentHopkinsfan

Barker being invited would once again make me question our ''genius'' GM.

its a training camp invite, they didnt just sign him to a 4 million dollar contract.

[jigsaw99]

you guys still think barker would be a bad signing for like a two way contract? he think he'd make a very good nolan baumgartner replacement.

[Reverend Mayhem]

Originally Posted by jigsaw99

you guys still think barker would be a bad signing for like a two way contract? he think he'd make a very good nolan baumgartner replacement.

For 1 or 2 years perhaps. Depends how training camp goes, but i'm not too giddy about it.

[Seatoo]

PTOs for Vandermeer and Arnott IMHO

[God]

Originally Posted by MS

Why?

What exactly does he bring to the table?

He's probably the worst defensive defender to see regular NHL duty over the past few seasons - utter travesty, no idea what he's doing. He also contributes nothing offensively, aside from the one year where he was put on a PP with Kane-Toews-Sharp-Campbell and scored 30 PP points.

Guess what? If Andrew Alberts was put on the #1 PP unit for an entire season, he'd score 40 points, too.

Barker is a rubbish player. Total crap.

Agree on this sentiment.

By all regards, if Gillis was really an advanced stats guy, then he wouldn't even bother looking at Cam Barker, much less Derek Joslin. And Joslin got a contract.

This is all very odd. It's almost as if Gillis is purposefully getting the worst players to mine some data out of them.

[vadim sharifijanov]

Originally Posted by jigsaw99

you guys still think barker would be a bad signing for like a two way contract? he think he'd make a very good nolan baumgartner replacement.

yeah, at this point he basically is going to be nolan baumgartner or he's going to find a new line of work right?

[canucksrool]

So we have Barker and Arnott for camp invites so far. Can't wait to see Jensen tryout next year along with Eddie Lack.