Barrie complimented his former teammate on his game and his goal-scoring capabilities as he broke 60 goals on the year, not too long, after hitting 50 at the end of February.
Barrie was a key contributor to Edmonton's Power-Play, as with Barrie the Oilers' all-time power-play percentage is a respectable 29.2%, and was on the same Power-play unit as McDavid, as an offensive-defenseman and power-play specialist.