Im pretty sure its his last season in the Q before he can play in the AHL.
But people should also realize that this is the first year he’s had to be able to put up some offensive numbers. It’s good to see that he can run a power play. He had no power play time his rookie season followed by limited second power play duties in the Memorial Cup run second year and his third was a write off. However you could see in his third year he was able to go end to end multiple times every game. I don’t think that the Avalanche picked him for any kind of an offensive role but more of a complementary player minute muncher.
your posting makes no sense...in the same instance I could post someone like Brad Marchand, Mathieu Perreault, Jonathan Huberdeau...all who did good in there 4th year in the league and translated to the next level...every player is different...comparing player 1 to another makes no sense...Barron has amazing skating, puck handling and IQ, he needs to learn learn how to slow things down and speed them up...this is the year which allows players like him to focus on the small things that help translate to the next level, some players do it easy some take longer, some can not do it at all...Barrons skating and raw skills might have him do a lot better next year in either NHL or AHL.
Can you please point to the posts in this thread that try to make the case that you’re arguing against?
The answer of course is there aren’t any posts making a case for what you were arguing against. No one believes that Barron’s place in the NHL is acquired today so it is puzzling that you felt the need to state that.
But what you are saying is nothing new. Everyone knows that there is a huge gap between junior hockey and professional hockey. Your response suggested that you felt posters were proclaiming that Barron is already an NHL player, but no one was doing that. Noting a player’s achievements in junior hockey, regardless of what year of eligibility they are in, is fine as long as it is taken in context. Everyone knows that.
