Comments on: Barnaby calls it quits

By: cecilturtle

cecilturtle — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:12:44 +0000

I thought his Euro-contract was up at the end of last year??? Did Toronto already sign him???

CT

By: cecilturtle

cecilturtle — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:06:11 +0000

Barnaby was never one of the biggest, toughest, higher skilled, players in the league… But Barnaby had a simple talent for drawing penalties that he used to perfection. Any opponant's hand or stick that came anywhere close to Barnaby's face, caused an instintive reflex action resulting in Barnaby's head jolting violantly backwards… So far backwards that if this were ever attempted by any other player, that player would have surly broken their neck… If not have their head come completely off their shoulders! It is also my belief that this said reflex action is directly responsible for his teeth never being knocked out. Anyway, I wish there was a statistic for penalties taken vs penalties drawn… Barnaby would surly have all time plus #'s in that catagory! Good luck Barnaby, I must admit I was always surprised at how well he pretended to be a second line player whenever one was needed and was called upon to move up. CT

By: senators101

senators101 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:19:28 +0000

He's not that young, he's 34. He wasn't any good, but guy really stuck up for his teammates.

By: lukeleim

lukeleim — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:59:36 +0000

All UFA NHL team:

Jan Bulis - Michael Peca C - Mike Johnson
Alyn McCauley A - Patrik Stefan - Anson Carter
Jeff Friesen - Josef Vasicek - Vladimir Orszagh
Ville Nieminen - Jamie Lundmark - Adam Hall
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Chad Wiseman - Josh Green - Jeff Heerema
Yared Hagos

David Tanabe - Danny Markov A
Brent Sopel - Andy Sutton
Joe DiPenta - Robert Scuderi
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Joey Mormina - Richie Regehr
A.J. Thelen

Curtis Joseph
Alex Auld
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Brian Finley
Yutaka *****ufuji

Young team, could compete in a couple of seasons after some high draft picks.

By: thiefage

thiefage — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:06:14 +0000

i heard when he announces it, he's going to have "retired" written on his front two teeth.

By: ferron

ferron — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:52:23 +0000

Why now! Why not five years ago?

By: SabresFan220

SabresFan220 — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:41:57 +0000

I hope he signs a 1 day contract with Buffalo to retire as a Sabre like he should. He'll always belong in Buffalo.

By: Kashin

Kashin — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:39:03 +0000

I hated him when he was with the rangers a few years back, but he was the funniest player in the league and did his job very well

By: Matty_G

Matty_G — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:40:37 +0000

I never liked him, but it's a shame that a player has to call it quits at such a young age because of injuries.

By: tacitus

tacitus — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:51:35 +0000

One of my fav players since he scored 111 pts and 448 penelty minutes while being Daigle's winger before that draft. Good luck to him