thecoolstuff Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I predict if he's healthy a 25+ pts campaign is very possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Oh we're doing predictions already? Alright, we suffer a rash of defensive injuries in the second half, Barker gets +/- 20 games in, scores two goals and five assists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkeeterHansen Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Oh we're doing predictions already? Alright, we suffer a rash of defensive injuries in the second half, Barker gets +/- 20 games in, scores two goals and five assists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 The Oilers and Wild fans that say Barker sucked, only say that cause they had high expectations of him. People see that he's a former 3rd overall pick right away and so they ovverrate him. Plus those teams D were so bad, they expected him to be a top 4 defenseman, which he's not. As a 7th or 8th D-man, he's a solid addition. He basically brings what Rome brought as far as grit, but he can move the puck a whole lot better. Still, don't expect him to be some sort of star player, cause he's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMash Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 He's going to put up Pronger like numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Systemaddict Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I predict if he's healthy a 25+ pts campaign is very possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 One thing about Gillis is that he loves his projects. It's almost like every year he brings in a new project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niloc009 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Our former AHL players went from the AHL to the NHL as part of their normal development. Barker went from AHL to NHL, then back to AHL. He is washed up. Which part of that don't Canucks fans get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putgolzin Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Interesting, and I'm only pointing this out because of how badly our scouting used to get trashed, if you look at Cam Barker's draft year (2004), you'll see that the player we picked up in 26th is now probably number 3 in terms of value (definitely top 5). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Very cheap pick-up and at 26 he could hit his prime soon. He won't have a breakout season playing behind our great top-4, but with a condensed season injuries are likely and this guy could easily jump up. I like our 4 pairings going into the season now: Edler - Garrison (1A) Bieksa - Hamhuis (1B) Barker - Ballard Tanev - Alberts Joslin Now we can sustain 2 injures to our top-6 and still have NHL-caliber defencemen playing. Depth is essential and MG did a miraculous job of shoring up our defence cheaply. Now onto that center role... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Interesting, and I'm only pointing this out because of how badly our scouting used to get trashed, if you look at Cam Barker's draft year (2004), you'll see that the player we picked up in 26th is now probably number 3 in terms of value (definitely top 5). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Kane Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Barker had one decent offensive season in Chicago (08/09), but other then that he's performance has been disappointing. If Barker couldn't make the defensive units for Minnesota and Edmonton, two teams who needed defensemen badly, why would you think he'll do anything in Vancouver? I know we all get excited for a reclaimation project and if Barker did work out then he'd be a steal. The Canucks have too many defensive that would be ahead of Barker on the depth chart - Edler, Bieska, Hamhuis, Garrison, Alberts, Ballard, and Tanev. Best case scenario (realisically) is that Barker makes the team as the 7th defenseman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonny_Bohonos_14 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Barker had one decent offensive season in Chicago (08/09), but other then that he's performance has been disappointing. If Barker couldn't make the defensive units for Minnesota and Edmonton, two teams who needed defensemen badly, why would you think he'll do anything in Vancouver? I know we all get excited for a reclaimation project and if Barker did work out then he'd be a steal. The Canucks have too many defensive that would be ahead of Barker on the depth chart - Edler, Bieska, Hamhuis, Garrison, Alberts, Ballard, and Tanev. Best case scenario (realisically) is that Barker makes the team as the 7th defenseman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Kane Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I think that was the problem. They expected Barker to be an impact player on their defenses, which he isn't. But throw him in a 7th or 8th spot (with the lower expectations that come with it), and I think he will do fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Impersonator Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I like this signing. Is he a right handed or left handed D? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua59 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Thank God Gillis is smarter than any one here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown33429 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I agree, if Barker is a depth defenseman used during injuries or to give players a rest them he'll be ok. I wouldn't expect anything more, even consistently playing on the 3rd unit would not be realistic. Barker has the world of potential and I still remember watching him being drafted. But for whatever reason things haven't worked out for him and I don't think they will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your New Coach Mr. Tippett Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 He has battled a few injuries, came back early last year too. Check out Botch's article; http://www.theprovince.com/sports/hockey/canucks-hockey/index.html Again though, we fighting to POSSIBLY get a sniff on the bottom pair. Depth move, I'll take it if he can fill in once in a while. For a pro-rated $700k, cheap insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I'm not going to get too excited about this, as Barker has gone downhill quite a bit from his career season. However, during that season, he was an absolute BEAST on the PP. He was more efficient on the powerplay than any defenseman in the whole league. 2008-09 - Powerplay TOI per powerplay point: Cam Barker - 8.0 Nick Lidstrom - 9.3 Mike Green - 9.6 Scott Neidermayer - 10.3 Andrei Markov - 10.3 Dan Boyle - 11.2 There are a lot of question-marks here. Can he recapture even a glimpse of that success? Is he off the bottle? Will he prove to be a player who was simply made to look good by Brian Campbell? Will Jason Garrison be the same? At 1-year, 700K, there's not much risk, and it's worth taking. If fans want to be worried, pay more attention to Garrison's 6-year, 4.6 million cap hit contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieCrumbs Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Not the greatest fighter, but if you look at his fights on Youtube he's almost always jumping in without hesitation to defend a teammate. Always a good quality for any player to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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