This is wishful thinking. Tarasenko was given every opportunity at beginning of camp to say he wanted to stay in St. Louis. He very pointedly did not say that. He is trying not to say anything to alienate fans, but if he no longer wanted to be dealt we would know it.
Its not wishful thinking; it's faith-based positioning with a combination of rational, logical thinking.
That's all it is.
I think he still wants out because he hasn't said that he doesn't. His agent (or whoever it is that feeds JR information/propaganda) hasn't changed his tune. If he had a change of heart, don't you think Tarasenko would want that widely publicized to his fans? All he has said is damage control statements like, "I'm here to work hard." "My family and I love St Louis and the fans here." "I'll work hard as long as I'm in St Louis." etc. If he decided he wanted to say, why wouldn't he say so?
Not necessarily. For the sake of this post, let's blur the lines between thinking, believing and feeling.
I "think" that Tarasenko is not 100% clear on what he wants to do. I "think" that any decision can and will probably morph over time. I "think" that DA
may be the one playing Tarasenko and has every intention of trading Vlad regardless of whether he wants to leave or not.
There's a lot going on with this situation when it comes to fans' feeling, thoughts and beliefs. It's important to discern between the three cuz the result of each is not the same.
The thinking part of me has taken position A.
The believing part of me has taken position B.
Don't even get me started on the feeling part of me.
A fun point of speculation that I'll bring up is that there was an interesting exchange between Binny and Vlad in the video of Binny dressing as Stevens. Tarasenko tried to hug Binny, but was rebuffed as if to say, "f*** off, you're leaving anyway." How's that for (mis)reading something?