The Golden Knights have acquired 27-year-old forward Ivan Barbashev from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for former 2021 1st round pick Zach Dean.
Barbashev has scored 10 goals and added 19 assists in 59 games this season for the Blues. This is following his career-best season last year when he scored 26 goals and posted 60 points in 81 games. He was a member of the 2018-19 Stanley Cup champions and played all 25 games, scoring three goals and three assists in that postseason. In his career, he’s played 50 playoff games and has nine points.
Barbashev’s contract expires at the conclusion of this season. His cap hit is $2,250,000 for the rest of this year, leaving the Golden Knights with about $7 million of cap space left with Mark Stone on LTIR for the rest of the regular season.
Dean was the #5 ranked prospect in the SinBin.vegas Prospect Rankings.
"We think Ivan (Barbashev) will bring versatility and will bring a physical dimension. We think he's going to be able to move around our lineup and complement whatever line he plays on." -McCrimmon
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"Ivan is exactly the type of player we need and he's different to what we have. It broadens the skillset of our roster. He definitely gets to the inside, he plays a hard game, he kills penalties, and he's a versatile player." -McCrimmon
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McCrimmon says they'll see how it goes in respect to Barbashev's expiring contract. Says they have not spoken to the player or agent about the possibility of an extension.
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