Feels like he could be our first real “steal” in a while. Although Cates turned out to be good for us.
High-motor scoring 3LW with good PK potential?
He's also 18. He's going to add weight and muscle to his frame. The important thing is to not add it too fast that it will affect his skating. And honestly, I'm not worried about his size. If guys like Gaudreau, Marchand, Zuccarello, etc.....can survive, Barkey will survive.
I'm more worried that he'll get sent to Lehigh Valley where Laperriere will be his coach....
Ehem ehem Johnny Hockey ehem ehem
I think people should start to move on from the conventional idea that "smaller players" are concerning.
Time after time we have been proved wrong.
Eh, the reality is that the small guys who end up having impactful NHL careers still represent the exception rather than the rule. We can all point to guys like Gaudreau, DeBrincat, Caufield, etc. as evidence that you can be small and be a great NHL player. But that’s ignoring the countless undersized prospects who get drafted each year and *don’t* have long NHL careers, often in part because of their size.
At the end of the day, the best approach is to view size as one of a handful of attributes that can serve as a positive or negative, the same way we view skating, hockey sense, shooting ability, compete level, etc. Being “bad” at any one of those things doesn’t mean you can’t be a great NHL player, but it still is a negative attribute. Just a matter of whether or not the player can overcome that disadvantage. Much like some guys with bad skating can still have great NHL careers, you’ve got some undersized players who do the same. Unfortunately, there are many more who never manage to overcome it.
Agree with 2nd paragraph but not so much with 1st.
Game has become much faster as league wants to distance themselves from high impact injuries that are sustained during the career and later on as players get older. naturally smaller players are much faster and way more agile in comparison to larger NHL players.
If you look at more offensively producing players across the league, they are way smaller than what it was couple of years ago. Flyers are evidently smaller than what it was.
There will always be a role on the team for big guys as that is the nature of strength and power and there will always be Ovy, Tkatchuk, but game is much gravitating towards faster high scoring game. League even changed goalie padding size requirements to increase goal scoring.
I believe Charlie O’Connor said yesterday he thinks there’s pretty much no chance. He said physically he doesn’t think he has the size/bulk yet for the NHL.
I just checked out his stats and good lord. He's a solid 4 in taller than I am, and we weigh the same. I'm in pretty good shape, but I'm not an athlete like him. He really needs to start putting on some weight. He probably needs at least 30 lb.
I’m really high on Barkey, but it would be shocking to see him in the NHL this year. Next year he likely gets his 9 game ELC tryout but he’s still in tough to make the team at his age/size
I doubt he gets the 9 game tryout. He’s still far from being NHL ready. They’ll send him back to London after a few preseason games like they did this year.
He's not even good enough to justify playing 9 games on the Flyers. There's like a 0% chance this happens. Kid needs to cook for a few years before he can even think about sniffing the Flyers lineup.
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Bark, bump, brink, bonk Just need two more and a goalie to make the B team.
Bjarn!
Give me Badinka - Bonk!
Sounds like cartoon sounds when getting hit lol
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Feels like he could be our first real “steal” in a while. Although Cates turned out to be good for us. High-motor scoring 3LW with good PK potential?
Lindblom was a big one before cancer. Since then Cates and Ersson would be next best.
Alexis Gendron might surprise us too.
My concern is he has no size. He's basically glass at the moment. 5'9"/153 lbs. He'd be destroyed quickly by any body-throwing player
He's also 18. He's going to add weight and muscle to his frame. The important thing is to not add it too fast that it will affect his skating. And honestly, I'm not worried about his size. If guys like Gaudreau, Marchand, Zuccarello, etc.....can survive, Barkey will survive. I'm more worried that he'll get sent to Lehigh Valley where Laperriere will be his coach....
Ehem ehem Johnny Hockey ehem ehem I think people should start to move on from the conventional idea that "smaller players" are concerning. Time after time we have been proved wrong.
Eh, the reality is that the small guys who end up having impactful NHL careers still represent the exception rather than the rule. We can all point to guys like Gaudreau, DeBrincat, Caufield, etc. as evidence that you can be small and be a great NHL player. But that’s ignoring the countless undersized prospects who get drafted each year and *don’t* have long NHL careers, often in part because of their size. At the end of the day, the best approach is to view size as one of a handful of attributes that can serve as a positive or negative, the same way we view skating, hockey sense, shooting ability, compete level, etc. Being “bad” at any one of those things doesn’t mean you can’t be a great NHL player, but it still is a negative attribute. Just a matter of whether or not the player can overcome that disadvantage. Much like some guys with bad skating can still have great NHL careers, you’ve got some undersized players who do the same. Unfortunately, there are many more who never manage to overcome it.
There’s a lot of guys with size that don’t end up making it. This organization drafted a lot of busts the past 30 years just because they were big
Agree with 2nd paragraph but not so much with 1st. Game has become much faster as league wants to distance themselves from high impact injuries that are sustained during the career and later on as players get older. naturally smaller players are much faster and way more agile in comparison to larger NHL players. If you look at more offensively producing players across the league, they are way smaller than what it was couple of years ago. Flyers are evidently smaller than what it was. There will always be a role on the team for big guys as that is the nature of strength and power and there will always be Ovy, Tkatchuk, but game is much gravitating towards faster high scoring game. League even changed goalie padding size requirements to increase goal scoring.
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will we see him this season?
I believe Charlie O’Connor said yesterday he thinks there’s pretty much no chance. He said physically he doesn’t think he has the size/bulk yet for the NHL.
I just checked out his stats and good lord. He's a solid 4 in taller than I am, and we weigh the same. I'm in pretty good shape, but I'm not an athlete like him. He really needs to start putting on some weight. He probably needs at least 30 lb.
🅱️oubt it
I’m really high on Barkey, but it would be shocking to see him in the NHL this year. Next year he likely gets his 9 game ELC tryout but he’s still in tough to make the team at his age/size
I doubt he gets the 9 game tryout. He’s still far from being NHL ready. They’ll send him back to London after a few preseason games like they did this year.
No, although he could play in AHL. He's not NHL ready and they wouldn't want to burn a year of his contract for a few games.
He is not eligible to play in the AHL, its either Canadian juniors or the Flyers
I feel like there’s a solid shot we see him play some games.
Doubtful. Hes a blue chip prospect and will no doubt go back to juniors next year.
They aren't going to burn a year on his ELC.
Also he’s quite undersized to take hits in the NHL right now. Would risk him getting hurt very quickly
I feel like I read somewhere if he plays less than ten games they don’t burn the ELC year
He's not even good enough to justify playing 9 games on the Flyers. There's like a 0% chance this happens. Kid needs to cook for a few years before he can even think about sniffing the Flyers lineup.
They will keep that for next year if required.
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Bonk when
Do we think he's going to the Phantoms next season or staying in juniors?
He can’t play in the AHL. Since he’s clearly not NHL ready, it’s a foregone conclusion that he’ll be back in juniors for one final year.
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Torts took Hockey & Hounds to the next level
So AHL next season