June 26, 200421 yr Awesome pick. He is going to be a very solid dman. If he becomes the dman he is compared to The Hawks will be in very good shape!!
June 26, 200421 yr Imagine this three years down the road: Number 1 Defenseman Anton Babchuk. Number 2 Defenseman Brent Seabrook. Number 3 Defenseman Cam Barker. That is solid right there!
June 26, 200421 yr i was surprise and happy. as of late i thought the hawks would either trade the pick of go for barker. we are in great shape on "d' now. look for the hawks to use the 2 rounders and third rounder on offense. i am soooo surprise that phx got blake wheeler, he was and i was looking for the hawks to pick him in the 2 round. anybody got any comments on who the hawks should draft in the 2 rounder???
June 26, 200421 yr LDF, IMO they will trade a couple of their four second-rounders to get into the later-teens or early-20s, right around that area. There, I would like them to take Korpikoski, the Finnish kid, or Zajac.
June 26, 200421 yr Scouting report on barker. Scouting: Very few defensemen have a better grasp of their position offensively at such a tender age than does Cam Barker. A smooth skater with an impressive stride and good balance, he displays surprising agility and speed for his size. Has a great low shot from the point, but needs to use it more as he often elects to pass the puck to a teammate even if he is in a great shooting lane. Good vision and puck handling skills allow him to create a lot of offense when he is quarterbacking a power play. He also has an innate hockey sense to know when to pinch in from the point and or stay back. Barker can beat a forecheck either by making a crisp pass up to an open forward or by personally carrying the puck out of the defensive zone. Displays tremendous confidence on the ice at all times and rarely panics. A great leader that doesn’t let his team get down after a goal against. Barker clears the front of net, plays aggressive along the boards and is capable at throwing some bone jarring hits, but at times can be a defensive liability. 05/14/2004 - Forced the forward that was on a one on one to the wall .. got on the penalty-kill very late during the first disadvantages in both playoff games, however saw much more time on the kill as the game went along .. tremendous mobility with a stride that is not only graceful, but powerful .. has a tendency to lunge at the puck carrier and try to grab on .. rarely looks for a big hit .. had a multitude of defensive partners, although did get the bulk of his even strength shifts with Riley Day .. sees the ice well and consistently moves the puck crisply to the open man .. takes a hit to make a play .. terrific hand-eye coordination .. needs to improve in the physical aspect of the game and take greater advantage of his size and strength especially in front of the net and in high traffic areas .. shoots the puck confidently and with purpose .. allowed his goalie to get an unobstructed view of a point shot .. reads the play and has a high panic threshold .. got extra shifts in the latter part of the game .. a regular on the power play .. uses his body to protect the puck .. has improved his poise while on the rush, although at times still forces the puck in to heavy traffic unnecessarily .. tied up his man along the boards .. never hesitates to take something off his shot in order to get it on net .. over handled the puck at times .. adept at not letting pucks past, basically he is like a vacuum because anything that he can reach usually ends up on his stick .. uses an active stick to intercept passes on the PK .. effortless slap shot that explodes off the blade when he gets his full weight behind it .. has a heavy wrist shot .. made a sparkling breakout pass which led to a scoring chance .. stickhandles well and has the ability to make checkers miss .. knows how to protect himself from taking the full impact from a big hit .. on the ice in the final minute of the series clinching game to help the Medicine Hat Tigers advance to the Memorial Cup
June 26, 200421 yr what i see is the hawks will hold on to their picks in the second, use them on players like, and i hope they will. what surprise me is that i had wheeler there at the second round as well as many sports magazine. Johannes Salmonsson - swe, Jean-Francois Boucher - Cana, Adam Pineault - usa, Evan McGrath - cana there is a couple of players that are dropping like a brick and these surprises may be there in the second round, me thinks. look out for David Bolland kind of small at 5'11. he is an interesting pick for me. a little like dennis savard type player. Roman Voloshenko - rus, should have been taken in the 12-15 pick range
June 26, 200421 yr mckeen www.mckeen.com? That didn't work for me... Yeah - I dunno about the 2nd round picks, I'd probably trade up, but who knows. Robbie Schremp and Lauri Korpikoski among many notables still on the board. I'd take a chance on Schremp...
June 26, 200421 yr The hawks could afford to trade a pick or 2 in the second round. I believe they have 4 in the second round...correct??
June 26, 200421 yr The hawks could afford to trade a pick or 2 in the second round. I believe they have 4 in the second round...correct?? yeah that is right except for one thing, they have no wings prospect in the minor except for the 2 russian. i don't take rudolov as a prospect. they need wingers.
June 26, 200421 yr This is very true.. they need to rebuild their minor system. They are jammed up. Their big team is a minors team anyway. I do think they will select 3 of the 4 and possibly trade of them for more picks. I can't really see them trading any of them for players.
June 26, 200421 yr Andrej Meszaros, shremp and Andrej Sekera still on the board, if the 2 dman are still there on the second, whould the hawks draft them????
June 26, 200421 yr I bet they would. Hawks have always been D first. If they can get another solid dman they will draft one.
June 26, 200421 yr I think I would take Shremp if he is still available....you know they old thing of draft best available and worry about position later.
June 26, 200421 yr according to the rules, all rfa's have until july 1 to recieve a tendering offer, if not they become ufa.............................. there is alot of talent out there if they don't recieve the tendering offer.
June 26, 200421 yr 8 picks left in the first round and 6 first rated "dman" are still there, a goalie several forwards that where all suppose to have been drafted in the first are still there.
June 26, 200421 yr Nice move by the Rangers trading up for Korpikoski. Same goes for NJ, trading up for Zajac. Mesarosz (sp?) is gone, Ottawa takes him. If I'm the Hawks, trade up for Schremp right now. I don't care that he has character issues, that can be changed, they said his talent is amazing...
June 26, 200421 yr edom just drafted shremp. oh well at 25 edmon just got a steal. i was hoping he will make it to the second.
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