822-game NHL veteran defenseman Tyson Barrie is officially joining the Canucks broadcast team for this season, and revealed how he almost got traded to Vancouver. The Vancouver Canucks announced today that 14-year NHL veteran Tyson Barrie will <a href='https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/vancouver-canucks-announce-tyson-barrie-joining-canucks-regional-broadcast' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>join their local home broadcasts on Sportsnet for the 2025-26 season.</a> <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/1971620868695728255'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/edmonton-oilers/tyson-barrie-announces-retirement-after-14-year-nhl-career-with-oilers-and-flames' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Barrie, 34, has just retired after an 822-game NHL and 47-playoff game career</a> in which he scored 508 points (110 goals, 398 assists) and also served Canada on the international stage, winning silver at the 2011 World Juniors, gold at the 2015 World Championships, and silver in 2016. The Victoria, B.C. native will make his Sportsnet debut on Friday, Sept. 26. To everyone's surprise, Barrie's affinity with Vancouver almost started years ago. <h3>The Canucks Made a Significant Offer to Acquire Tyson Barrie in 2019, but the Deal Fell Apart</h3> The Canucks were said to be pursuing the blue-liner forcefully on offense during the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. An offer package of Jake Virtanen and a 2020 first-round pick was reportedly made available, but no deal came to fruition. I was actually in New York City at a buddy's bachelor party that I planned, and we were at a [New York] Yankees game, Barrie said. My phone rang, and it was my agent. He goes, 'Tys, I know you're in New York and I usually don't bother you with this stuff, but there's a chance you're going to [get traded] to the Canucks here at the draft. We won't know until they announce the pick, but stay tuned.' I was just watching the Yankees game and thinking I was going to get traded to the Canucks, Barrie said. Obviously, I loved Colorado, but I kinda knew I was going to get traded, Barrie said. To be able to go home to Vancouver would have been really cool, but obviously it didn't materialize. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/DailyHiveVan/status/1971311612520022051'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> Barrie was traded by Colorado to Toronto on July 1, 2019, in the trade that sent Nazem Kadri to the Avalanche instead. In retrospect, the Canucks were lucky. Instead, former general manager Jim Benning brokered a deal for Tampa Bay's J.T. Miller for a first-round draft pick. It was one of the most significant trades in recent franchise history, as Miller accumulated 437 points in 404 games with the Canucks. Barrie, however, had brief careers with the Leafs, Oilers, Predators, and Flames before retiring in August 2025. Now, rather than patrolling the blue line, Barrie will take his talent and personality to the broadcast booth. 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