from Frank Serevalli of TSN,

The volume has been turned up on the noise surrounding Tyson Barrie’s future with the Colorado Avalanche in the last 48 hours.

Whether or not Barrie remains with Colorado beyond NHL Draft weekend remains to be seen, but one thing is crystal clear: the Avalanche are listening to offers for the defenceman.

Barrie has rejoined the TSN Trade Bait list at No. 5 after being a staple on the board in recent off-seasons. Talk surrounding a number of big-name defencemen, including P.K. Subban (No. 7) and Kris Letang (No. 12), is heating up here in Vancouver.

But Barrie remains on the front burner.

The hometown Vancouver Canucks headline a list of teams believed to be interested in the Victoria, B.C., native. Barrie would certainly be one way to make a splash as host of the draft.

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