tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28366573.post7923129961144808030..comments2009-09-12T08:03:54.950-07:00Joe Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906327400250923397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28366573.post-21722846828693482282009-09-12T04:46:55.327-07:002009-09-12T04:46:55.327-07:00A great guy off the ice, too. A Class act.<br /><br />However, the Whalers best NHL defenseman was Ulf Samuelsson.<br /><br />The Whalers left Babs exposed in the 1991 waiver draft. His career was rock-bottom because management expected so much more.<br /><br />Quinn accepted him for who he was -- a low-key above average blueliner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28366573.post-3846853835256368992008-10-07T11:14:00.000-07:002008-10-07T11:14:00.000-07:00Babs was pure testosterone! I believe he was known as one of the NHL's strongest men in the early 1990s - I remember a very young Eric Lindros bouncing off Babych when he tried to bodycheck him behind the Canucks net - now thats strong. Babych was a solid, strong defenseman and was a big part of the Canucks in the early 1990s. I remember being very happy for him when he won that case against the Flyers.<BR/><BR/>And - he scored a huge goal for the Canucks, the game winner, in Game 5 against the Rangers.C-fanSince88http://www.blogger.com/profile/12466109745674918581noreply@blogger.com