Mark Barberio was just plain bad for a while, and the scorn from fans on social media was downright mean. The Colorado Avalanche defenseman knows he was bad for a while, but after a forced night off as a healthy scratch recently, the veteran has played like he never wants to be up in the press box again, where the popcorn is usually stale, the coffee often cold and the style of clothing worn by the sports writers says “early ’90s clearance rack.”
After a minus-2 performance in a home loss against Dallas, Barberio was a scratch against the Buffalo Sabres.