Tyson Barrie, whose career spanned nearly 900 regular-season and playoff games, featuring stints with high-profile Canadian teams in Toronto, Edmonton and Calgary, announced his retirement from the NHL on Monday.

The 34-year-old offensive defenceman from Victoria, B.C., was a high third-round pick of the Colorado Avalanche in 2009 who came to the Leafs in July of 2019 in a significant trade with forward Alex Kerfoot for centre Nazem Kadri.

But Barrie’s two 50-point-plus seasons with the Avs were never bettered with the aforementioned clubs or in two injury and healthy scratch-shortened seasons with the Nashville Predators.

His 70 games with the Leafs produced 39 points, but none in a five-game loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets during the ‘COVID bubble’ playoffs.

He was not re-signed an

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