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Value of: How Much Retention Needed to Move Tarasenko ?

How much retention needed to move Tank?

  • 0% (1 - $4.75M)

    Votes: 12 26.1%
  • 25% (1 - $3.56M)

    Votes: 3 6.5%
  • 33% (1 - $3.16M)

    Votes: 9 19.6%
  • 50% (1 - $ 2.37M)

    Votes: 22 47.8%

  • Total voters
    46

Holden Caufield

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Tarasenko has 1 year left on his deal at $4.75M

Full retention would bring the contract down to 1 year $2.375M

He fit in Detroit like a square peg in a round hole last year. Detroit has both retention spots available. Rumors last year were he was open to a trade out of Detroit.

He is now 33 years old.
Do you think Detroit could find interest if they agree to retain?
 
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Tarasenko has 1 year left on his deal at $4.75M

Full retention would bring the contract down to 1 year $2.375M

He fit in Detroit like a square peg in a round hole last year. Detroit has both retention spots available. Rumors last year were he was open to a trade out of Detroit.

He is now 33 years old.
Do you think Detroit could find interest if they agree to retain?

Yes. You might have interest as there are certain teams that might lose a scoring W. Toronto, Colorado, Dallas. I’d even say Tampa might have interest if they can’t sign that prospect. You also can’t rule out Trotz and his affinity for older players.

I doubt it’s Colorado due to stylistic fit. But the other teams might be looking for some buy low scoring punch.
 
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He rarely shoots the puck on net anymore. I remember a time he was putting up 25-300 shots per season. Injuries and age have slowed him down.
 
Tarasenko has 1 year left on his deal at $4.75M

Full retention would bring the contract down to 1 year $2.375M

He fit in Detroit like a square peg in a round hole last year. Detroit has both retention spots available. Rumors last year were he was open to a trade out of Detroit.

He is now 33 years old.
Do you think Detroit could find interest if they agree to retain?
At 50% you might gave interest from teams wanting yo replace scoring

Toronto losing Marner
Edmonton replacing Skinner
Vancouver replacing boesser

San jose might take him for vet on team
Colorado replacing Rantanen
 
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I feel like a buyout makes more sense unless someone really believes he can regain his form. I’m not sure he can be a 55 pt player anymore and even when he was a 55 pt player, it was clear that he didnt have much of a step to lose
 
At 50% you might gave interest from teams wanting yo replace scoring

Toronto losing Marner
Edmonton replacing Skinner
Vancouver replacing boesser

San jose might take him for vet on team
Colorado replacing Rantanen
The only guy hes replacing on that list is Skinner, and idk if Edmonton has interest in spending even 2.37m to do that

He has averaged 17 goals and 46 pts over the last three years, averaging around 15mins a game, and has clearly lost a step
 
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I think at 50% retention there would be a few teams that would give a late pick. He could be a fit on a team with younger Russian players as he’s been a star player in the past and won cups. Also handled playing for a variety of coaches, might be a good guy to put with Michkov or Demidov if either team wants to give up a late pick for a guy like him.
 
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I think at 50% retention there would be a few teams that would give a late pick. He could be a fit on a team with younger Russian players as he’s been a star player in the past and won cups. Also handled playing for a variety of coaches, might be a good guy to put with Michkov or Demidov if either team wants to give up a late pick for a guy like him.
im thinking yzerman signed him to help acclimate buchelnikov
 
At 50% you might gave interest from teams wanting yo replace scoring

Toronto losing Marner
Edmonton replacing Skinner
Vancouver replacing boesser

San jose might take him for vet on team
Colorado replacing Rantanen

Colorado is unlikely. He doesn’t skate well enough. But Dallas is a possibility if they offload Robertson to upgrade defense, as has been discussed.

Being on a line with Kucherov might also make some sense. Same with Panarin. The guy had/has a great shot. If you put him in scenarios where he can be effective and also cost effective, he has some value.
 
Pretty possible Buchelnikov will come to the team this summer, and he will need a veteran Russian player to help him to get comfortable with NA life and hockey. So what point to get rid of Tarasenko?
 
You could probably find someone to take him after teams miss out on guys in UFA pretty easily. If the objective is just to move on I doubt that you'd have to retain to some teams assuming it's after they take their runs at guys.

But that makes it to where the salary is dead after all of the UFAs are off the board.
 
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You could probably find someone to take him after teams miss out on guys in UFA pretty easily. If the objective is just to move on I doubt that you'd have to retain to some teams assuming it's after they take their runs at guys.

But that makes it to where the salary is dead after all of the UFAs are off the board.
Detroit would be wise to stay out of free agency, based on their recent track record.
 
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Tarasenko has 1 year left on his deal at $4.75M

Full retention would bring the contract down to 1 year $2.375M

He fit in Detroit like a square peg in a round hole last year. Detroit has both retention spots available. Rumors last year were he was open to a trade out of Detroit.

He is now 33 years old.
Do you think Detroit could find interest if they agree to retain?
Retain or add sugar?
 

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