Avs71
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Let me preface this by saying, I don't really like Barrie a whole lot. I just think he is part of a bigger problem with the Avs, which is a lack of depth, and a lack of guys brought in for proper roles. I would like to see him traded so the Avs core is shaken up with moves of Duchene/Barrie for a new defenceman/forward.
That said, I think people are starting to get a little overzealous in just how worthless they think Avs players are.
This is the last three seasons combined, for defenceman scoring. That's Tyson Barrie with 7 less points than Klingberg, in 10 more games. Ranked #13 of all defencemen. Now I know Klingberg is a better player than Barrie, but I'm sure Stars fans would laugh at an offer of the 4th overall+32nd overall+Chris Bigras for Klingberg (if you don't then sign me up).
As for the question of would I trade the 4th overall for Tyson Barrie? Well, no. We know what the Avs look like with a high scoring defenceman on the 2nd pairing. If they didn't have Barrie, just came off this season, and there was a 25 year old Kevin Shattenkirk or Keith Yandle available, yeah I'd seriously look at making that trade.
You don't trade for Tyson Barrie looking for him to save your defensive group. You trade for him because you have a need for scoring from the back end. Look at the other guys around him on the list, and I think the picture becomes pretty clear that you're not going to be able to add a dynamic scorer from the back end, unless he has some warts to his game. Everyone else is basically a franchise defenceman.
I can see why the Stars would say no, even to this straight up, but you're clueless if you are saying Tyson Barrie isn't worth a top-10 pick, especially in this draft.
That said, I think people are starting to get a little overzealous in just how worthless they think Avs players are.
This is the last three seasons combined, for defenceman scoring. That's Tyson Barrie with 7 less points than Klingberg, in 10 more games. Ranked #13 of all defencemen. Now I know Klingberg is a better player than Barrie, but I'm sure Stars fans would laugh at an offer of the 4th overall+32nd overall+Chris Bigras for Klingberg (if you don't then sign me up).
As for the question of would I trade the 4th overall for Tyson Barrie? Well, no. We know what the Avs look like with a high scoring defenceman on the 2nd pairing. If they didn't have Barrie, just came off this season, and there was a 25 year old Kevin Shattenkirk or Keith Yandle available, yeah I'd seriously look at making that trade.
You don't trade for Tyson Barrie looking for him to save your defensive group. You trade for him because you have a need for scoring from the back end. Look at the other guys around him on the list, and I think the picture becomes pretty clear that you're not going to be able to add a dynamic scorer from the back end, unless he has some warts to his game. Everyone else is basically a franchise defenceman.
I can see why the Stars would say no, even to this straight up, but you're clueless if you are saying Tyson Barrie isn't worth a top-10 pick, especially in this draft.