Stretching all the way back to the rumours of the 2019 draft, Tyson Barrie has been on the radar of the Vancouver Canucks for quite some time. The team General Manager, Mr. Jim Benning likes what he sees from the Victoria-born defender and has been rumoured to have targetted Barrie via trade on more than one occasion.
Rumours flew from all sources of Barrie being moved to the Pacific west coast but back on February 21st, Daniel Wagner of Pass it to Bulis reported that Benning was interested in trying to make Trade Deadline deal involving Barrie coming to Vancouver and another Canucks local, Troy Stecher heading back the other way.