tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982498312482355038.post8620029631596598493..comments2024-01-10T08:22:23.539-08:00Comments on St. Louis Blues Legends: Bob GassoffJoe Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906327400250923397noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982498312482355038.post-85266002738952786762012-08-20T19:56:20.938-07:002012-08-20T19:56:20.938-07:00Bob Gassoff was absolutely the toughest hockey pla...Bob Gassoff was absolutely the toughest hockey player ever to play the game. He wore the Blue Note with pride, and would defend it to the end. I've watched a lot of spirited hockey players over the years who played the game hard, played the game right....but no one played with the intensity and heart of Gassoff! Toughest ever, and proud to be be a Blue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982498312482355038.post-41057346197861531642012-03-19T19:03:10.584-07:002012-03-19T19:03:10.584-07:00Chase please! Twist was tough, yes but neither on...Chase please! Twist was tough, yes but neither one is a Bobby Gassoff!!!!!!!!!!! Hands down, he was the best. He took on all the toughest players and put them down. They didn't want to fight him anymore. So, with all due respect.......Bobby Gassoff is No.#1.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982498312482355038.post-78523505098063184012011-02-01T18:00:01.558-08:002011-02-01T18:00:01.558-08:00I met Bob Gassoff and his wife Diana one week befo...I met Bob Gassoff and his wife Diana one week before he was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident. Bob and Diana were at a restaurant(the name escapes me,as its has been 30 years ago)in Mehlville, Mo. I immediately noticed Bob when I came in with my girlfriend from college (an Ohio resident) who was visiting me and a high school friend(oddly his last name was Hitler) and his girlfriend. I went over to his table and talked with him. I told him how much I appreciated his tougness and hard work and how he was my favorite Blues hockey player. His wife Diana was gorgeous(I remember wishing I was him ). We shook hands before I went to my table to eat. The waitress came over and said before she asked for our orders that Bob Gassoff would like to buy our table drinks. What a classy guy. Then I heard the tragic news one week later. I was devastated and shocked at the same time. I recently purchased an early late 1960's-early 1970's throwback St. Louis Blues jersey with no number on it. I am going to dedicate it to Bob Gassoff and have it made up with # 3 and <br />" Gassoff " on the back. I will wear it at the next Blues game I go to after I have it made up. I am a huge Bobby Gassoff fan. I know they had a toughest Blues bracket on Fox Sports Midwest last year, and I saw Bob Gassoff was seeded only # 3 behind Tony Twist(# 1) and Kelly Chase (# 2). Since I live 200 miles from St. Louis now in Springfield, Mo., I don't know how that " toughest Blue ever " tournament turned out as I've never ever been able to get any further information on how it turned out. I appreciated those two(Chase & Twist) guys' toughness too, but I don't think either was as tough as Bob Gassoff or as good a fighter. He was the toughest St. Louis Blue ever. I read with interest about his son's duty to our country as a Seal and I am proud of him. I once saw him when he was at a Blues games when he was 4 or 5 years old when he was with his mom and Bob's family who came down to St. Louis when they were retiring Bob's number some years ago.Steven T.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982498312482355038.post-72835742694790433022009-04-16T11:42:00.000-07:002009-04-16T11:42:00.000-07:00Wow what great memories. I think that was a point...Wow what great memories. I think that was a point in my life I realized I was mortal. If Someone like Bob Gassoff could die, I was just human. That was the year i graduated Parkway Central.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982498312482355038.post-33691133704223186442009-03-30T09:26:00.000-07:002009-03-30T09:26:00.000-07:00I am a huge Bobby Gassoff fan. I grew up in Kirkw...I am a huge Bobby Gassoff fan. I grew up in Kirkwood and and my father A.L. Tidlund (pronounced Teedlund was a attorney there for over 35 years. We were huge Blues fans. Bobby was the toughest there ever was. I still have a jeresey with his name andnumber on it. He was my all time favorite. I was on a mission for my church the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints in 1977 when Bobby was killed my parents sent me the article. Wow I was devasted as well. My good wishes go out to Diana and their son Bobby Jr. May he serve with honor and pride in the Seals Thank you for your service as i too served in Desert storm God bless you and your family<BR/>Russ TidlundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com