Confirmed Signing with Link: [EDM] Tyson Barrie signs with the Oilers (1 year, $3.75M)

[Skolman]

That's because the Leafs had Barrie on the ice

What an intelligent bunch.

 

[FOurteenS inCisOr]

Boy that sure has ruined Canucks fans ridiculous "hurr durr no one wants to be in Alberta" lies.

It's funny, the vocally loudest ones bashing Alberta as a Province have probably never left coastal BC because it's too expensive for them to travel around Canada with the ridiculous rent/mortgages and wages for normal upper middle class professional people are making far less living in smaller homes/forced to live in apartments and surrounded by homelessness and human filth everywhere in DT Van.

Holy f*** man, relax with the inferiority complex.

 

[McFlash97]

Good luck with Barrie

Good luck with Zack Bogosian....

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

if you took a closer look at most defensive metrics, you would see that the Leafs were middle of the pack in most categories this year and improved significantly after Keefe took over.
But let's continue to just use the stat that is heavily influenced by goaltending

If you go by "most defensive metrics" the Leafs were about on par with the Oilers this year, which is why it's weird to smack talk the Oilers for being stat padders who don't care about defense.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Our forwards sucked. Not our defense. You do realize that there’s 4 players on the ice at all times who aren’t dmen right?

You expect him to know that?

He can't even look up stats.

"Worst goals against average last year"

Toronto - 6th worst.
Edmonton - 17th worst.

 

[McFlash97]

You misunderstand. I love this deal from a Flames stand point. The Oilers just got easier to score on. My only regret is you guys didn't sign him for a longer term.

It will be fun watching McDavid walk Tanev all season.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

A player who will pick up points but is trash defensively.... should fit in nicely with the rest of the Oilers core

Glass houses.

 

[Fogelhund]

You can’t call the Oilers defence trash and then cherry pick stats when your team had worse numbers. Don’t take shots when you have no leg to stand on.

First, Barrie is a decent D-man, if you play him within his limitations, and for the price, I think it's a great signing, for both the Oilers, and Barrie. As has been said, he isn't very good defensively, but he will be very good offensively for you guys, and should help with breakout passes, and the PP, with McDavid and Drai... I think it's a good signing... plus, Barrie will have a high point total after this year, and leverage it to a very good contract going forward. Smart on both sides, motivated player, good offensively will help score goals.

If we take a look at Leafs stats... Hutch killed the Leafs team stats in totality. Andersen had a 2.85 GAA, Campbell 2.69 GAA Hutch, who was terrible for us, was 3.66 dragging team numbers down.

Smith and Koskinen were 2.95 and 2.75 GAA.

Neither team were very good, but let's dispense with the idea that other posters suggested Oilers were "miles ahead of the Leafs".

 

[Dion TheFluff]

Leaving you goalie hung out badly has heavy influence on goaltending.

Tyson Barrie will do that

 

[Islay1989]

Some Leafs fans are really painting the fanbase in an extremely bad light. Like lover scorn who can't get over the fact that the other side moved on. I remember when they ran Larry Murphy out of the town because he was terrible, couldn't defend etc. Then he ends up in Detroit, helps Lidas grow his game and becomes an instrumental part of their Cup runs.

 

[Leafmealone11]

Tyson Barrie will do that

Its a group effort you cant defend alone. I rember the sens biggest complaint was how bad Mez was at 2 on 1's the odd part was no one ever questioned why he was always alone

 

[Skolman]

 

[Skolman]

 

[780il]

Why are some Leafs fans so desperate to put the guy down lmao. He’s gone now, if he’s really as terrible as you say he is you should spend your time celebrating instead of bitching on the internet.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

I hope the Oil remember to significantly insulate Barrie, cuz there's little more that I enjoyed last season (being a Habs fan) than watching Barrie leave Anderson and his multiple D partners (and the forwards on the ice, for that matter) out to dry on a regular basis...you need to fix your D and instead offer Barrie more than he's worth (at the moment, anyway)...the Oil need a bigger, nastier D that is far better defensively...this'll certainly aide in scoring but will also hurt you defensively, which is the Oil's biggest need...can't say I like it

 

[Coffey]

I hope the Oil remember to significantly insulate Barrie, cuz there's little more that I enjoyed last season (being a Habs fan) than watching Barrie leave Anderson and his multiple D partners (and the forwards on the ice, for that matter) out to dry on a regular basis...you need to fix your D and instead offer Barrie more than he's worth (at the moment, anyway)...the Oil need a bigger, nastier D that is far better defensively...this'll certainly aide in scoring but will also hurt you defensively, which is the Oil's biggest need...can't say I like it

I think we learned our lesson with Schultz.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

I think we learned our lesson with Schultz.

That was another management group...I hope your right, but it doesn't look good for your D corps

 

[Coffey]

That was another management group...I hope your right, but it doesn't look good for your D corps

It hasn't looked good for our D corps for the last 15 years.

 

[McDNicks17]

I hope the Oil remember to significantly insulate Barrie, cuz there's little more that I enjoyed last season (being a Habs fan) than watching Barrie leave Anderson and his multiple D partners (and the forwards on the ice, for that matter) out to dry on a regular basis...you need to fix your D and instead offer Barrie more than he's worth (at the moment, anyway)...the Oil need a bigger, nastier D that is far better defensively...this'll certainly aide in scoring but will also hurt you defensively, which is the Oil's biggest need...can't say I like it

It'll be a little tough with the injury to Klefbom because they don't really have an ideal partner for him otherwise, but he'll likely be playing 2nd/3rd level competition since Tipp uses Nurse and Bear against top competition as much as possible.

 

[Funk21]

Tyson Barrie is a great offensive D man and given that role will excel. At under 4 million he is a great addition to the club.

The issue is he needs a shutdown LHD to stay back and make the safe plays to protect him. Muzzin was that on the TML unfortunately we didn’t pair them much which is what we should have done. As for who he plays with him, Klefbom would have been good but obviously his injury creates doubt about who can protect Barrie.

Barrie is looking for a payday no question and by choosing the Oilers somebody is gonna look at his offensive numbers and may give him that. I think the GM’s around the league know what he is and will not offer anything more than 5.5-6 million per gown the current cap situation. Petry is the better D man and similar offensive numbers and this is where he slotted.

 

[Mez]

A thread involving the Oilers signing an ex-leaf....i forsee this thread being around for a looong time and many necro bumps.

 

[Crossfire Hurricane]

Tyson Barrie is a great offensive D man and given that role will excel. At under 4 million he is a great addition to the club.

The issue is he needs a shutdown LHD to stay back and make the safe plays to protect him. Muzzin was that on the TML unfortunately we didn’t pair them much which is what we should have done. As for who he plays with him, Klefbom would have been good but obviously his injury creates doubt about who can protect Barrie.

Barrie is looking for a payday no question and by choosing the Oilers somebody is gonna look at his offensive numbers and may give him that. I think the GM’s around the league know what he is and will not offer anything more than 5.5-6 million per gown the current cap situation. Petry is the better D man and similar offensive numbers and this is where he slotted.

Take a look at who was "sheltering" Barrie during his good years in Colorado. Elite defensemen like Patrick Nemeth, Francois Beauchemin, Nikita Zadorov. He doesn't fill Edmonton's biggest need, but defensemen that can get the puck out and up to the forwards efficiently is absolutely something that Edmonton needs, at at less than $4 million for a single year, there's minimal risk. That's low-end 2nd pairing defenseman money and that's basically the floor for Barrie's play. I don't think Edmonton's power play is going to be as good as last year's (not ruling it out, but it's hard to improve on nearly 30% success) but he's a huge asset on it.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Holy f*** man, relax with the inferiority complex.

Canucks fans are second only to Toronto fans with the "nerrrbudy wants to play in BERTA" nonsense.

 

[onetweasy]

a 0.886 SV% from your backup will do that sometimes

It is okay.

This is all a process.

When your teams sucks defensively you first look at PDO to blame........it has to be "bad luck". No way we are this bad.

After that idea falls apart......you then look at goalie sv% and it just has to be because your teams goalie sucks......cannot be the team.

Then after many years of continually being terrible you have to come to the conclusion that guys like Marincin, Ceci, Holl are not exactly getting the job done.

 

[Machinae]

Imagine being worse than Ceci and Holl and being relegated to the third pair.