Does he have anything left in the tank?
Poor Barrie...playing for the fLames is almost as bad as being a fLames fan. (The only reason it's better is you get paid a lot to wear that fugly jersey instead of actually shelling out money for one.)
Considering the year he had he's kinda lucky to still be in the NHL. Especially with two other PP specialists not even getting a PTO
15 minutes a night of bottom pairing responsibility? If that's a major concern, this is a very good hockey team.
The major concern for me as a whole is the PK that he played a big part on. Him and Ceci gone from back end, McLeod gone up front and Ryan up in the air.
Shouldn't be a major concern, but the Jackson/Bowman have done some things that over all are small, but slowly add up and there shouldn't be shock if/when certain things don't work this year.
That’s a point of contention amongst Hawks fans. I think he does, and if you play him where he should be, the #4 RD spot, I think he’d be solid. Plus he really does play playoff type hockey.
But he's never really played playoff hockey. Until a guy does it's hard to say what he can do come playoff time.
However, with a guy like Murphy I do wonder what kind jump you'd see in his game if he went to a contender. The guy is damn near the Jeff Skinner of d-men. Only 9 playoff games over 10ish seasons. It's just one of those things you don't know if he'll get that extra step of excitement or once he finally makes it to the playoffs he doesn't have the drive.