Barrie now has 1 point in his last 15 games. The last time he went a stretch of 15 games with only 1 points was his first 15 games in the league (which occurred over 2 seasons). From that time until now his least productive 15 game stretch was in the fall of 2016 when he had a stretch of 15 games where he only had 4 points. Usually he puts up around 10 points per 15 games.
He also had 4 points in his first 3 games here, I would argue before the coach had put his stamp on the team that much.
Some people can argue that he just hasn't been playing well and that that is on him. They might be right. Some people can argue that it is because he is not playing on the PP1, and there is certainly something to that.
However, at 5v5 his production is less than 40% of what it was last year and less than 50% of what it had been throughout his career. Could that just be bad luck? I doubt it. I think he is being pressured to play in a way that doesn't suit him. At 5v5 Barrie's shots/60 and iCF per 60 are essentially the same as those numbers were for him last year, so he is attempting shots and getting shots through just as often as before. However both his iSCF/60 and his iXGF/60 are less than 40% of what it was last season. His iHDCF/60 has fallen from 0.91 last season (top-3 among D in the NHL last year) to 0.00 (which is completely shocking for a D like Barrie).
Barrie is simply not taking shot attempts from scoring chance and dangerous scoring chance locations this season. But the same goes for setting up those shots for others in scoring chance and dangerous scoring chance locations. While is CF/60 when Barrie is on the ice is essentially the same as it was for him last season, SCF, xGF, and HDCF have fallen by about 20%, 30% and 40% respectively. So same amount of shot attempts when he is on the ice - they have just shifted to being significantly inferior shot attempts.
