Of the NHL’s top offensive defencemen, Tyson Barrie is perhaps the most under-appreciated. In fact, unless you follow the Colorado Avalanche closely, you’re probably wondering whether I’m even right to call Barrie one of the NHL’s top offensive defencemen.
A look at the NHL’s official site suggests there’s a case to be made. Barrie is tied for eighth among defenceman in scoring entering action on Monday, with 46 points in 69 games.
At first glance, it looks like a breakout season for the 23-year-old, who is building on a 38-point campaign from his first full season in 2013-14.
But that first glance doesn’t tell the whole story. The following chart shows the NHL’s 10 best defencemen in terms of points/hour at five-on-five over the last two seasons (minimum 1,000 minutes played):
Players falling just outside the top 10 include P.K. Subban, Dougie Hamilton, Torey Krug, Mike Green, Shea Weber and Olli Maatta.
Obviously, we’re looking at only a tiny part of the game when we consider five-on-five scoring, but even so this represents a spec ...
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Tyson Barrie Has Become an Elite Offensive Defenceman for the Colorado Avalanche
March 23rd, 2015 by Jonathan Willis Leave a reply »
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