Tyson Barrie has officially announced his retirement from the NHL after a career that spanned parts of 15 seasons, finishing his career as a member of the Calgary Flames.

Signed as a depth piece last fall, Barrie suited up in 13 games for Calgary in 2024-25, recording three points (1g, 2a). Though his time with the Flames was brief, his career numbers speak for themselves: 822 games played, 110 goals, and 398 assists for 508 points.

Originally drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the third round of the 2009 NHL Draft, Barrie went on to play for Colorado, Toronto, Edmonton, Nashville, and Calgary. Known for his puck-moving ability and offensive instincts from the blue line, he carved out a respected career that spanned over a decade.

Barrie officially retired on August 25, 2025, leaving the game as one of the most reliable offensive defensemen of his era.

Tyson Barrie announced his retirement from the NHL after a 14-season career.

Barrie, 34, participated in a 7-7 tie on Sunday between alumni for the Colorado Avalanche and Denver Pioneers. The NHL posted on Monday that Barrie called it a career.

"I was unsure about my future sort of, and yeah, it's cool," Barrie told Nathan Rudolph of DNVR Avalanche on Sunday before the alumni game. "So grateful for the career I've had and all the friends I've got to make, and good to do stuff like this now, but it is a quick turnaround. I didn't think I'd be putting my gear on for a while."

Barrie finished his NHL career as one of the most productive offensive blueliners of his time.

After the Avalanche selected Barrie 64th overall in the 2009 NHL draft, he posted 110 goals and 398 assists for 508 points in 822 regular-season games between 2011-12 and 2024-25. 

In that 14-season span, Barrie ranked 10th in points among NHL defensemen.

Barrie played 10 games in 2011-12, but he recorded his first point on Feb. 14, 2013, with an assist against the Minnesota Wild. He added another two assists against one of his future teams, the Edmonton Oilers, in the next game, then scored his first goal against another future employer, the Nashville Predators, two nights later.

He ended up with 13 points in 32 games for the Avalanche that season, then stepped it up with 38 points in 64 games in 2013-14.

But Barrie really broke out in Colorado in 2014-15, when he put up 41 assists and 53 points in 80 games while averaging 21:22 in ice time. That was the first of four 50-point campaigns and seven 40-point seasons in his career.

Barrie played 484 games for the Avalanche and had 307 points, which ranks second in scoring by a blueliner in franchise history. Cale Makar and his 428 points are first.

Colorado traded Barrie with Alexander Kerfoot and a sixth-round pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Nazem Kadri, Calle Rosen and a third-rounder in July 2019. Barrie played one season for the Leafs, scoring 39 points, before signing with Edmonton the following off-season.

Barrie led all blueliners in scoring during the shortened 2020-21 season, with 48 points in 56 games.

After parts of three seasons with the Oilers, Barrie was traded to the Predators with Reid Schaefer, a 2023 first-round pick and a 2024 fourth-rounder in exchange for Mattias Ekholm and a 2024 sixth-rounder in February 2023.

Barrie played parts of two seasons in Nashville. He signed with the Calgary Flames in 2024-25, recording a goal and two assists in 13 games and adding another five points in 11 AHL games for the Calgary Wranglers.

On top of his regular-season stats, Barrie also had two goals and 19 assists for 21 points in 47 playoff games. The closest he got to winning the Stanley Cup was in 2021-22 with the Oilers, when they reached the Western Conference final.

Outside of the NHL, the Victoria, B.C., native won a gold medal at the 2015 World Championship on Team Canada, recording six points in 1`0 games. In 2017, he won silver and had seven points in three games. He also received silver at the 2011 world juniors.

Before his pro career began, Barrie was a WHL champion in 2009 and the league's top defenseman in 2010. He also played in the AHL All-Star Game in 2012. 

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Former Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tyson Barrie is calling it a career.

The 34-year-old is retiring after 822 games in the NHL, split between the Colorado Avalanche, Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Nashville Predators, and Calgary Flames. Barrie, a 2009 third-round (64th overall) selection by the Avalanche, spent eight seasons with the club before being involved in a trade to Toronto in 2019.

Barrie—along with Alexander Kerfoot and a 2020 sixth-round pick (which turned out to be Joe Miller)—was shipped to the Maple Leafs in exchange for Nazem Kadri, defenseman Calle Rosen, and a 2020 third-round pick (Jean-Luc Foudy).

The right-shot defenseman spent one season in Toronto, appearing in 70 games with the club and scoring five goals and 34 assists. Barrie was fifth among Maple Leafs in points that season, only behind William Nylander, John Tavares, Mitch Marner, and Auston Matthews. 

Barrie had a difficult start with Toronto under former head coach Mike Babcock, only scoring seven assists in his first 21 games with the club. After the Maple Leafs fired Babcock on Nov. 20, 2019 and hired Sheldon Keefe, Barrie’s point total improved with him scoring five goals and 27 assists in the final 47 games of the season.

After just one season in Toronto, the defenseman became an unrestricted free agent and signed a one-year, $3.75 million contract with the Edmonton Oilers. Barrie led all NHL defensemen in points that season with 48 (eight goals and 40 assists) in 56 games.

He re-upped with the Oilers for three more seasons, but was traded to the Nashville Predators in a deal that saw Mattias Ekholm go to Edmonton in late February 2023. Barrie played out the rest of his deal in Nashville before joining the Flames on a one-year, $1.25 million contract last season.

The Victoria, BC-born defender would go on to play just 13 games with Calgary, scoring one goal and two assists while averaging just under 16 minutes of ice time per game. In 47 career NHL playoff games, Barrie tallied two goals and 19 assists with Colorado, Toronto, Edmonton, and Nashville.

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After spending almost two months as a free agent, former St. Louis Blues forward Zach Sanford has found his new home.

Sanford has a one-year contract with HC Lugano of Switzerland's National League, the overseas club has announced. 

Sanford was acquired by the Blues during the 2016-17 season in the trade that sent defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk to the Washington Capitals. Following this move, Sanford became a solid part of the Blues' roster. 

In 183 games over four seasons with the Blues, Sanford recorded 36 goals, 35 assists, 71 points, and 230 hits. This included setting career highs with 16 goals, 14 assists, and 30 points in 58 games with the Blues during the 2019-20 season. He was also a part of the Blues' Stanley Cup winning team in 2019. 

Sanford's time with the Blues ended when he was traded to the Ottawa Senators in September of 2021. Following his time with the Blues, he had stints with the Senators, Winnipeg Jets, Nashville Predators, Arizona Coyotes, and Chicago Blackhawks. His last appearance at the NHL level was in 2023-24.

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Former Chicago Blackhawks forward Zach Sanford is taking his talents overseas. 

HC Lugano of Switzerland's National League have announced that they have signed Sanford to a one-year contract for the 2025-26 season. 

Sanford, 30, spent all of this past season at the American Hockey League (AHL) level with the Rockford IceHogs. In 70 games with the AHL squad in 2024-25, he recorded 19 goals, 24 assists, and 43 points. He also had three goals and eight points in seven playoff games for Rockford this spring.

Sanford appeared in 18 games with the Blackhawks during the 2023-24 season, posting four assists, 17 hits, and a minus-3 rating. He also played in 13 games with the IceHogs in 2023-24, recording three goals and six points. 

Sanford will now look to make an impact with HC Lugano after landing this one-year deal with the overseas club. It will be interesting to see what kind of year he has from here. 

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NHL (@NHL) on XAfter 822 NHL games, Tyson Barrie is calling it a career. 👏 Best of luck in retirement!

It's official - the former Oilers defender is officially done playing hockey. In addition to the Oilers, he spent time playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Avalanche, Nashville Predators, and Calgary Flames.

In 190 games for the Oilers he recorded 132 points, including 61 on the powerplay. He was traded to the Predators in the deal that saw Mattias Ekholm arrive in Edmonton.

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The Anaheim Ducks have had one of the most transformative offseasons in the NHL. They’ve parted ways with two former core pieces (Trevor Zegras and John Gibson) of their roster and replaced them with four new players (Chris Kreider, Mikael Granlund, Ryan Poehling, and Petr Mrazek) set to play various and specific roles throughout the lineup.

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In addition to the roster changes, Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek let Greg Cronin go as head coach after two seasons, including last season (2024-25), where they made a 21-point jump in the standings and totaled 80 points for the first time since the 2018-19 season.

To replace Cronin behind the Ducks' bench will be the second-winningest coach in NHL history, Joel Quenneville. With him, Quenneville brought in three new members of the coaching staff, including former Edmonton Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft to run the forwards and power play, Ryan McGill to run the defensemen and penalty kill, and Andrew Brewer, who was the video coach for the Florida Panthers during Quenneville’s time there.

All these changes were made with a stated goal in mind: to put an elongated rebuild to rest and make the playoffs for the first time in seven seasons.

A glance at the roster will indicate the Ducks will be relying on internal growth from their most talented young players, and for those players to drive play while surrounded by insulating veterans.

In an offseason with so much change and a lofty goal for the following campaign, the roster still feels incomplete, and the Ducks still have the most projected cap space in the NHL ($20.54 million).

However, the Ducks don’t have a lot of room to add pieces, as their top nine forward group is full and more are awaiting an opportunity, the cupboard of NHL-caliber defensemen is overflowing, and they have two capable backups behind starting goaltender Lukas Dostal.

If everything goes according to plan, an imposing qualifier in and of itself, the roster may be good enough to compete for a playoff spot as is. However, there are a few obvious areas ripe for upgrades (or further upgrades). One impact piece (at least) could be enough to put them over the top.

Top Line Impact Winger

The acquisition of Chris Kreider was made to address the Ducks’ severe need for goalscoring, specifically of the net front variety. The hope is that with improved health from producing at a career-low, his 2024-25 season will prove a blip, and he will return to a similar scoring rate as in his previous three seasons, where he exceeded 35 goals in each year.

Mikael Granlund is another forward coming off a string of successful seasons, eclipsing the 60-point mark in three of the last four years. He’ll provide a versatile and complementary two-way presence wherever he lands in the lineup.

Kreider and Granlund will look to provide positive impacts, but even with potential breakout seasons from the Ducks’ trio of young top-six forwards (Leo Carlsson, Cutter Gauthier, Mason McTavish), a dynamic offensive talent could provide a critical boost to the rest of the depth chart.

The drawback is that players of that ilk are rare finds, and either have to be acquired in the draft or will demand considerable assets in exchange on the trade market. They are very seldom available during free agency.

A winger to connect with and fill the gaps in Carlsson’s game could springboard his potential transformation into a superstar center. Perhaps a play-driving transition winger could elevate the impact of McTavish’s motor and battling prowess, allowing him to take the next steps toward realizing his potential as well; the Ducks’ version of Jake Guentzel for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Jesper Bratt for the New Jersey Devils, Carter Verhaeghe for the Panthers, etc.

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Two-Way Center

Ryan Poehling will likely provide an abundance of energy and defensive prowess from the bottom of the lineup, but unless he discovers untapped offense capabilities, he likely won’t find himself in matchup situations against opposing top lines. And the Ducks will be facing some potent ones in the Western Conference between Connor McDavid’s line in Edmonton, Nathan MacKinnon’s line with the Colorado Avalanche, Jack Eichel’s line with the Vegas Golden Knights, etc.

Granlund has defensive qualities to his game and the capability to play center; however, he may not be best suited for a true shutdown role.

A center who can kill plays and limit defensive zone time against the NHL’s top offensive juggernauts while providing quick-strike depth offense could be a key to unlocking the full potential of the rest of the lineup; the Ducks version of Phillip Danault for the Los Angeles Kings, William Karlsson for the Knights, Anton Lundell for the Panthers, etc.

Top Pair Defenseman (Preferably Right Shot)

The Ducks' blueline is brimming with young, dazzling, offensive talent. Jackson LaCombe experienced a breakout season a year ago, and the path is clear for Olen Zellweger and/or Pavel Mintyukov to do the same this year. All three players are left shots.

On the right side, Jacob Trouba, Radko Gudas, and Drew Helleson are all seemingly tasked with assuming more defensive-oriented roles on the backend.

The potential pitfall of that configuration is the reliance on young players to take pronounced steps in their development with questionable insulation. Trouba and Gudas are over 30 years old and in the later stages of their careers, which never included roles as top shutdown options, while Helleson will need considerable seasoning if he’s to eventually evolve into one.

A defender with the ability to kill breakouts in the offensive zone, transitions through the neutral zone, cycles in the offensive zone, fend off strong forechecks, and make simple plays will elevate whichever offensive dynamo he’s paired with and properly slot the rest of the blueline in more suitable roles; the Ducks’ version of Jaccob Slavin for the Carolina Hurricanes, Devon Toews for the Avalanche, Mattias Ekholm for the Oilers, etc.

If the goal is to make the playoffs, and a player fitting any of the above descriptions is made available, it may be high time for Verbeek to pull that trigger.

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Winnipeg Jets winger Kyle Connor is entering the final season of his contract and will be UFA-eligible next July.

The 28-year-old would draw plenty of interest if he hit the open market. 

Since his 2017-18 sophomore campaign, Connor has exceeded the 30-goal plateau seven times, including two 40-plus goal seasons, the latest being in 2024-25. He sits eighth among all NHL scorers with 282 total goals during that period.

Connor's contract status has been overshadowed by that of Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid. The 28-year-old McDavid would be the biggest name in next year's UFA market, prompting some pundits to ponder potential destinations for the Edmonton Oilers' captain. 

Nevertheless, NHL insider Frank Seravalli recently mused on Bleacher Report about where Connor might land if he tests the market next summer. He believed the Detroit Red Wings might be a good fit, suggesting they could use the scoring punch the Michigan native would bring to their roster. 

Seravalli doesn't discount the possibility of the Jets re-signing Connor. While they lost right winger Nikolaj Ehlers this summer to free agency, they surprised the hockey world two years ago by re-signing goaltender Connor Hellebuyck and center Mark Scheifele to identical seven-year contract extensions. 

Like McDavid, Connor can sign an extension before his UFA eligibility next July. And like the Oilers captain, the longer the Jets winger goes without a new deal, the greater the conjecture about his future with his current club.

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Robertson is eligible to become an RFA with arbitration rights next July and is two years from UFA eligibility. He surfaced in the rumor mill following the Stars' elimination from the Western Conference final in May.

Shapiro also indicated that the Stars had kicked around the idea of pursuing Mitch Marner before the right winger joined the Vegas Golden Knights on June 30 in a sign-and-trade situation. 

Had the Stars made this move, the amount of money required to pull that off would've meant making a cost-cutting trade. Shapiro suggested that it might've involved trading Robertson for prospects. 

It doesn't appear as though the Stars are peddling Robertson. Shapiro pointed out that Glen Gulutzan, the Stars' new coach, could help the winger improve his postseason performance. 

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