Very cool for him to win the Cup, but I feel he was exposed a bit in the Finals.
7gp 2+3, 5 points, -1 is not the kind of performance that is usually enough from the leading player of a Cup winning team, but this time it was enough.
The thing with Barkov is, even if he's not scoring he's always helping his team defensively. He made numerous blocks on this series, takeaways etc. Stuff that doesn't show up on the scoresheet. Things that may change the momentum of a game, lets say a takeaway from neutral zone turning to offence, turning to more offence and having the puck possession and eventually a Sam Reinhart goal without Barky assist or something.
Not to mention any names, but can you say that about every other captain?
He easily has a 100+ points upside, no doubt. He's just defensively minded.
What he did, was expose his bare hands to the Lord Stanley Cup.