The St. Louis Blues do not have much cap space remaining, according to CapFriendly, St. Louis has around $1.9 million remaining to resign Ivan Barbashev and the Athletic’s Jeremy Rutherford reports that the RFA has options overseas.
If Barbashev is asking for more than the $1.9 million the Blues have left in their cap, then St. Louis should not be quick to make moves allowing him to sign a big contract.
Even though Barbashev was an important piece to the Blues championship run, there is no reason for the team to handicap themselves with a bad contract to the 23-year-old.