They moved him because they had plenty of better Dmen
Nope. Barrie was their best RHD at the time. However, a team really only needs one offensive D-man per side (I.e one lefty, one righty). They already had Erik Johnson as their shutdown defensive RHD and they had Cale Makar coming up, who they knew was an offensive beast as well. No sane person would pick a 29 year old RHD over a similar 20 year old RHD.
Isnt Kerfoot a quality C? Cause they gave him up in the trade as well. You can never have enough D, and them trading him should have been a huge red flag. I mean he just came off a 59 point season, and they had to add Kerfoot to get Kadri. Shows how much Colorado thought he was worth
That's like comparing Morgan Rielly to Travis Dermott. Dermott is a quality D, but no sane person would take him over Rielly. Similarly, no sane person would take Kerfoot over Kadri 1 for 1. Hence the upgrade for Colorado.
Look how he plays. Pinches all the time, forces forwards to cover for him at all times.
Always odd man rushes the other way. Always starts in ozone.
Might as well call him a mediocre winger.
What's wrong with that? Take a look at ANY team and they have a D-man like that.
Barrie ranks 40th in offensive-zone starts. Torey Krug, Victor Hedman, Rasmus Dahlin, Seth Jones, Werenski, etc all start in the offensive-zone more. Heck, look at players like Brent Burns or Rasmus Dahlin. Brent Burns would be called the worst D-man ever if he was on our team. I've said it before, but I would never want some of my favourite NHL players to play for Toronto lol (would ruin it for me). Lidsrom would be called the softest D-man ever.
Believe it or not, players like this exist around the league and are considered stars on other teams.