Barrie feeling fortunate despite UFA uncertainty. kristen_shilton has more:
If this were a normal season, Barrie would either still be in the postseason with Toronto or starting to mull his options around a new landing spot. Instead, Barrie is caught somewhere between the two scenarios, waiting to see what becomes of this campaign before turning the page on a new chapter.
“It's got to be the right fit,” Barrie said of his ideal team. “I think it has to be a spot where they obviously are in need of someone like myself and [they’re] a good team headed in the right direction and a good organization. I think there's a lot of right organizations that tick those boxes, so it'll be a process where you sit down, and we'll just go through everything [that’s] important to me.
Barrie found his offensive side with new coach Sheldon Keefe behind the bench, scoring in three straight games after Keefe took over and developing more consistency. Still, the 39 points in 70 games Barrie has managed thus far falls well short of his totals the past two seasons, and he felt the weight of not meeting expectations.
“It was nice to have a coach come and give me the confidence to do [what I do] and help get that confidence back,” Barrie said."The first couple weeks [under Keefe], we all just seemed like we were having a little more jump to us and a little more offence, so that worked with my game.”
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