There's nothing to suggest it wasn't said either.
It's he said, she said. Take whatever side you please.
This may be one of the most illogical things I've ever read on these boards, and that's really saying something.
Frei said that "Barrie is best suited as a number 5 Pp specialist". He didn't even say he thinks Roy thinks that. Or that he overheard Roy say that. Frei gave HIS opinion of Barrie. How can you possible attribute that to Roy and when people call you on it, claim there's no proof Roy doesn't think that. Seriously man.
Here's a made up example of the same thing. Let's say I have a blog and I write an article about John Tavares. I say in the article that I think he's better suited as a second line winger as opposed to a first line centre. A really dumb opinion. Just like saying Barrie should be a PP specialist when he sucks on the PP is dumb. The islanders board picks this up and mocks me, rightfully. It makes its way to other team boards but somewhere along the line it turns into "this blogger thinks the islanders coaching staff sees Tavares as a second line winger". This makes the rounds for a while and slowly it turns into "the islanders coaching staff sees Tavares as a second line winger".
Then you come along. Instead of checking to see of you're right, you start telling islanders fans that their coaching staff thinks Tavares is a second line winger. In response, the islanders fans show you the original blog post made by some dummy who simply gave his dumb opinion. Instead of apologizing and admitting you're wrong, you say "well there's no proof the islanders coaching staff doesn't think Tavares is a second line winger. It's he said, she said.
That would be really quite a stupid thing for you to do, huh? Do you see how its the exact same thing you just did in this thread?
You know, I've never heard Mike Babcock say he doesn't believe that lizard people live inside the hollow earth. There's no proof that he doesn't think that.
Jordan Eberle has never said that he doesn't believe and worship Satan. There's no proof he isn't a Satanist. He said, she said.