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I stayed up too late last night watching the 1st round. Wanting to see if Don W. worked a magical trade.
Eh. Maybe today?
Saw a tweet saying the Canes were talking to St. Louis about Vlad Tarasenko, and that Tarasenko was OK with that.
We'll see.
But, he's 30, and will want more term than the Canes like to give at that age.
Still, nice numbers.
Tarasenko would slot right into the first line for the Canes. When you look at his GPG, APG, and PPG he has almost identical numbers to Aho. Not as many assists per game, but more goals per game. He’s definitely a great player when he’s healthy, borderline prolific goal scorer — and he appears to be healthy. He’s never really gotten over what he perceives as mishandling by the Blues medical staff. Doug Armstrong will field offers, but typically doesn’t get out-maneuvered in trades. He’s also shown a willingness to wait. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Tarasenko would slot right into the first line for the Canes. When you look at his GPG, APG, and PPG he has almost identical numbers to Aho. Not as many assists per game, but more goals per game. He’s definitely a great player when he’s healthy, borderline prolific goal scorer — and he appears to be healthy. He’s never really gotten over what he perceives as mishandling by the Blues medical staff. Doug Armstrong will field offers, but typically doesn’t get out-maneuvered in trades. He’s also shown a willingness to wait. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Would you go 7 years at $8 million for Tarasenko, if you could get much younger Dubois or Laine for 7 years for the same money? Or Forsberg?
I think Tarasenko is as good or better. It is future age and a weighty contract, the mid-late 30's that has my attention.
Tarasenko is as good or better than Laine when healthy, and Laine is better than Dubois. I just can’t imagine Tarasenko would get the same money as Dubois or Laine given age and recent (recurring) injury history. So if the Canes could sign him for 5 years I’d like that better. Giving a player who will turn 31 during this season a 7 year contract would be a pass for me.
Regarding Tarasenko, I seem to recall he wanted out of StL last year as well? What's the deal here? The Blues aren't that far removed from their Cup win.
Regarding TDA. I wouldn't have minded bringing him back because he slotted in nicely after Dougie but I was less than impressed with his play in the Rangers series. Now granted the team in general didn't rise to the occasion but I personally TDA was being baited off his focus. I appreciate him not being a distraction off the ice though and hope he continues to improve as a person. He is a good Hockey player
It seems the Front office got a lot of fallers in this draft. A lot of Russians (by the way this regime is the anti-JR/Francis regime for the sheer fact that they aren't afraid to draft Russians) who some teams were probably iffy on because of the Ukraine thing but also pretty much everyone in this year's draft missed crucial development time because of Covid. We'll see what happens but the prospect pool seems to get better every year under Waddell/Dundon.
Regarding Tarasenko, I seem to recall he wanted out of StL last year as well? What's the deal here? The Blues aren't that far removed from their Cup win.
Regarding TDA. I wouldn't have minded bringing him back because he slotted in nicely after Dougie but I was less than impressed with his play in the Rangers series. Now granted the team in general didn't rise to the occasion but I personally TDA was being baited off his focus. I appreciate him not being a distraction off the ice though and hope he continues to improve as a person. He is a good Hockey player
It seems the Front office got a lot of fallers in this draft. A lot of Russians (by the way this regime is the anti-JR/Francis regime for the sheer fact that they aren't afraid to draft Russians) who some teams were probably iffy on because of the Ukraine thing but also pretty much everyone in this year's draft missed crucial development time because of Covid. We'll see what happens but the prospect pool seems to get better every year under Waddell/Dundon.
He feels like the organization botched his shoulder surgery (twice). The third time he had it done independently and he’s good to go. He’s just never let that go. Says he’s lost trust in the organization medical team. Wants out.
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