Tribute Ivan Barbashev appreciation thread

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[GoldenSeal]

Trading away yet another part of what's left of the winning culture. Such a Bluesy thing to do.

Thank you Barbie. Etched forever on the Cup That Matters; there may be others, but you were part of the first and that's forever.

 

[TheDizee]

 

[elkranio]

Met him when he brought the cup to Moscow. He was smiling, shaking hands (mine included) and taking photos, but you could tell the dude just wanted to go home and chill lol.

Good luck mate.

 

[Eye of Ra]

the checkingline with him, sundqvist and steen was epic

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

1 of the best

 

[LetsGoBooze]

Of all the guys traded away, i think he's the most likely to return.

 

[542365]

The Jon Hamm press box interviews with Barbie scoring are classics. The board was so excited when we were able to draft him and Fabbri with our first two picks. I remember just hammering F5 on NHL.com the second day of the draft hoping he fell just a couple more picks so we could take him. Was a lot of fun.

 

[tomin]

Forever a blue and will easily be remembered. What a lovely piece to that SC team. Loved his game.

 

[BuLLeT1291]

Thanks for everything Barbie. Easily one of the most underrated Blues ever. Dude put it on the line every single night.

 

[jura]

thanks for the Cup Barby letsgo party!

lol

 

[Bluesguru]

Of all the guys traded away, i think he's the most likely to return.

You’d think so but I don’t think we ever made an offer, so I don’t know. His price range could be anywhere from bargain to expensive. So who knows where he lands. He’d of gained more exposure for FA had he landed in Tampa. Not sure if Vegas has it in them to make a run.

 

[Majorityof1]

You’d think so but I don’t think we ever made an offer, so I don’t know. His price range could be anywhere from bargain to expensive. So who knows where he lands. He’d of gained more exposure for FA had he landed in Tampa. Not sure if Vegas has it in them to make a run.

There was a tweet from Strickland that said we told him to come back around to us. We wanted to negotiate but he wanted to go chase the playoffs. But we made it clear that we definitely wanted to talk Day 1 of free agency. It's Strickland, so take it with as many grains of salt as you deem necessary. As that is the only word we've had on whether we made an offer or not, I trust it until I hear otherwise.

 

[Blueston]

There was a tweet from Strickland that said we told him to come back around to us. We wanted to negotiate but he wanted to go chase the playoffs. But we made it clear that we definitely wanted to talk Day 1 of free agency. It's Strickland, so take it with as many grains of salt as you deem necessary. As that is the only word we've had on whether we made an offer or not, I trust it until I hear otherwise.

His agent also pushed back last week on earlier report that we hadn’t made offer.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

RoR and Barbie both feel like players we're going to be reaching out to on day one of FA with a solid possibility of them returning. Maybe even with a discount.

 

[Majorityof1]

I've let this go for 2 Tribute threads. I cannot let it go for a third. Every time I see the thread tag, this song pops in my head. I've had it in my head for weeks So now I have to post it....."This is not...the greatest song in the world....This is just a tribute..."

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

the checkingline with him, sundqvist and steen was epic

Totally shut down the best offensive line in hockey that season. We don't win a Cup without the work of those three.

 

[Sgt Schultz]

I cringe about this worse than I do ROR or Tank, largely due to age. Barbie is on the short side of 30, so he still has a lot of miles left.

I wish him all the best. He came through in ways that went unnoticed by many, and sometimes in ways that couldn't be unnoticed.

 

[Memento]

Good luck to Barbashev in Vegas. Who knows? Maybe he finds his way back to us, like Perron did.

 

[BadgersandBlues]

The Jon Hamm press box interviews with Barbie scoring are classics. The board was so excited when we were able to draft him and Fabbri with our first two picks. I remember just hammering F5 on NHL.com the second day of the draft hoping he fell just a couple more picks so we could take him. Was a lot of fun.

I was in my car waiting on some service guys to get to me in line and I was SPAMMING refresh on my phone during the draft - when I saw we got him I was ecstatic. Fabbri and BBShev in the same draft just felt like things were really going our way that day.

 

[542365]

The Jon Hamm press box interviews with Barbie scoring are classics. The board was so excited when we were able to draft him and Fabbri with our first two picks. I remember just hammering F5 on NHL.com the second day of the draft hoping he fell just a couple more picks so we could take him. Was a lot of fun.

For those who weren't around or are curious to see the boards reaction, it's pretty awesome. Here's the link: 2014 NHL Draft Discussion

 

[Linkens Mastery]

For those who weren't around or are curious to see the boards reaction, it's pretty awesome. Here's the link: 2014 NHL Draft Discussion

Aren't we glad we didn't take Scherbak?

I sadly missed this draft due to me joining the navy hahaha.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

For those who weren't around or are curious to see the boards reaction, it's pretty awesome. Here's the link: 2014 NHL Draft Discussion

That thread is great!!! Thanks for posting.

 

[Bluesish]

Another important piece to our cup run gone. I loved Barbashev and what he brought to the team. It sucks to see him go but DA did the right thing and secured a decent prospect. Here's to hoping he comes back on July 1.

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

Barbie was a great complimentary piece for this roster, and I enjoyed his contributions. That said, I'd be glad to bring back him this summer, but I'm terrified of what that contract might look like. If he wants to get the bag, I sure hope someone gives it to him, he's more than earned it considering his contracts thus far.

For those who weren't around or are curious to see the boards reaction, it's pretty awesome. Here's the link: 2014 NHL Draft Discussion

Point would've been a nice grab, especially over Letunov, looking back at that thread.