The NHL Trade deadline day is officially over! Fans and the Media were all over the case of Oilers General Manager Ken Holland to make a move especially when it came to the defence core.
Many believed the Holland was going to try to acquire Erik Karlsson or Jakob Chychrun, but Holland would make a surprise move acquiring defenceman Mattias Ekholm from the Nashville Predators in a package trade that included a fan favorite Tyson Barrie heading to Nashville in return.
Barrie would stop by on Sportsnet's Hockey central to discuss the trade and would take a moment to send a special message to Oilers fans saying:
Tyson thanks so much and good luck the rest of the way said Sportsnet's David Amber
Barrie would reply: "Yeah yeah thanks guys. I don't know if there's a lot of Edmonton Oilers fans watching or whatever, but I just wanted to say thanks I feel very lucky there's a lot of messages coming my way so I won't respond to them all, but thanks for the time there and I appreciate everybody so thank you guys.
- Tyson Barrie
There's no doubt Barrie will be missed we have nothing for respect for him good luck in Smashville.