Tyson Barrie Retires From Professional Hockey

Tyson Barrie has officially retired from professional hockey as he confirmed as much at the Colorado Avalanche's alumni game to Nathan Rudolph of DNVR Sports.

Barrie had a decently long and successful NHL career spanning 14 seasons. The 34-year-old was drafted in the third round (64th overall) in 2009 and played 822 games, scoring 110 goals and 508 points. He also played for five teams over his career, starting with the Avalanche, who drafted him, for eight seasons, the Toronto Maple Leafs for one season, the Edmonton Oilers for two and a half seasons, Nashville Predators for a season and a bit, and finishing off with the Calgary Flames last season, playing just 13 games.

Barrie was always stellar offensively and a great power-play quarterback, but he did have his struggles throughout his career. His time in Colorado was good and he had some of his most successful seasons there, but his time in Toronto didn't go smoothly. He was again at his peak in Edmonton until Evan Bouchard took over his role and then it went downhill from there as he didn't get the top power-play time that made him so valuable in Nashville and there wasn't space for him in Calgary.

Barrie was a teammate that everybody really liked. He finished his career with 32 power-play goals and 212 power-play points, also never getting any recognition for any trophies or awards other than a 32nd place finish for the Lady Byng Trophy in 2020-21 when he had five minor penalties while scoring eight goals and 48 points in 56 games.

He made around $47.85 million in career earnings and appeared in the playoffs seven different times, doing good work the majority of the time. It wasn't the end of Barrie's career that he likely wanted, but he had a good career regardless.