Ivan Barbashev is ninth on Daily Faceoff’s latest trade list (TSN’s too). My eye ran right past him, but then I started writing up some generalist thoughts on shooting percentage and finishing skill and discovered something interesting about him. More on that later. Back to Daily Faceoff.
They say that St. Louis is definitely not re-signing him, a pending UFA at age 27. They describe him as a player in need of “rehabilitation” and question his compete level. TSN has a story on him from late January that repeats Chris Johnston’s report about several teams having interest.