Player Discussion Vladimir Tarasenko

[JMan74]

Does anyone know is there a pathway that is within the realm of possibility to somehow keep Tarasenko beyond this year?

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[The Crypto Guy]

Does anyone know is there a pathway that is within the realm of possibility to somehow keep Tarasenko beyond this year?

Lets get to that bridge when we get there. AKA, lets see how he does on the Rangers first.

 

[JMan74]

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Lets get to that bridge when we get there. AKA, lets see how he does on the Rangers first.

That's fine but is it possible?

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Does anyone know is there a pathway that is within the realm of possibility to somehow keep Tarasenko beyond this year?

He has to sign for way less than hes making right now and we'd have to jettison Goodrow.

 

[CasusBelli]

He has to sign for way less than hes making right now and we'd have to jettison Goodrow.

Both of those thing sound amazing

 

[Bob Richards]

Lets get to that bridge when we get there. AKA, lets see how he does on the Rangers first.

This is where I'm at. I thought the trade was solid and I'm happy to have him and I'll tear my hair out about it when the time is right haha.

 

[DanielBrassard]

Assuming he signs for cheaper than expected but not so cheap it is unreasonable, we'd have to get rid of Goodrow, plus would need a cap increase of probably 2.5-3M instead of 1. Otherwise forget it.

 

[SML2]

Considering Blais was a curly hair away from waivers and nobody thought we were getting past the trade deadline with 2 firsts just let it play out. Tank isn't signing for the money we can offer unless he has lost his mind.

 

[NYR Viper]

He’s making $7.5m now. He’s had his ups and downs throughout his contract and he, like most of the other UFA’s aren’t exactly hitting the market at a good time. I don’t think he makes that same cap hit this go around. I could see a $5.5m cap hit. It depends on the term but that’s my hope.

I’m also all about trying to retain him.

 

[irishlaxburger2]

Found it interesting in his introduction interview that Tarasenko was adamant about never changing equipment. So I did a little detective work and it looks like he's still using his old Blues gloves, albeit with some modifications to make them look like Rangers gloves. We literally just sewed red, white, and blue fabric on top of the Blues colorway.

 

[fm]

pants too? is that an nyr shell over dark blue hockey pants? nutty.

and we're not keeping tank. who's the last rental we extended? b smith? and how'd that work out, anyway?

 

[CasusBelli]

Found it interesting in his introduction interview that Tarasenko was adamant about never changing equipment. So I did a little detective work and it looks like he's still using his old Blues gloves, albeit with some modifications to make them look like Rangers gloves. We literally just sewed red, white, and blue fabric on top of the Blues colorway.

Maybe the additional 2oz of sewed-on fabric explains why he looks so slow.

 

[CLW]

He looks off form to me, even if I like the addition. The good thing is he has a few weeks to get himself sharp for the playoffs.

 

[McRanger92]

He looks off form to me, even if I like the addition. The good thing is he has a few weeks to get himself sharp for the playoffs.

Can’t grade the move until the playoffs are over. It wasn’t made for the regular season. Him fixing Panarin might be the biggest impact and that alone is worth it.

 

[DanielBrassard]

He looks off form to me, even if I like the addition. The good thing is he has a few weeks to get himself sharp for the playoffs.

I agree, and I'm not sure he's a great fit with Kreider and Zibanejad, I suspect he will end up with Panarin and Trocheck eventually.

 

[Shesty31]

Let’s be honest. He just looks a step behind our other top players at the moment. But i feel like it’s a system thing, you see he has talent but he currently looks like a guy trying to learn where to be at certain times and how the rangers play style is.

I do hope he plays a little faster though, I feel like we play at a higher tempo and so far he doesn’t really seem to be matching that level of play.

 

[jerseyjinx94]

He should be with Panarin, hard stop

 

[Draft Guru]

Definitely looked a little soft tonight

 

[n8]

Does anyone know is there a pathway that is within the realm of possibility to somehow keep Tarasenko beyond this year?

1 year $1M

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Please don't tell me he is going to pull an Eric Staal with us..

 

[McRanger92]

He should be with Panarin, hard stop

Couldn’t be more obvious and I love Harvard Jimmy

 

[hockeyplayer999]

So far not impressed

 

[Synergy27]

Still early, but this is looking like every other dumbass swing for the fences so far.

I have always loved this player but he better be saving himself for the playoffs. He’s not going to help at all if he’s going to play slow and on the perimeter.

 

[nyr2k2]

Guy played the first 644 games of his career for one team, I'll give him more than 4 to adjust to a new team.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

He absolutely needs time to adjust and find his place on this team. Hes a human being and probably going to take a little bit to get acclimated but also get his confidence back up to par.