Traded Vladimir Tarasenko (1 year, 5 million)

[The Devilish Buffoon]

He looked better today. Flyers are a really bad team so I wouldn't put too much stock into it but he made some nice plays on the PP.

Also noticed that he played the 2nd least amongst the forwards after MacEwen. He played basically the same amount as Kelly, just over 11 minutes.

Not that it changes your point much, but Kastelic played less too.

As others have said, he will likely play more when we take fewer penalties and as DJ gets more comfortable with him.

 

[aragorn]

Not that it changes your point much, but Kastelic played less too.

As others have said, he will likely play more when we take fewer penalties and as DJ gets more comfortable with him.

Kastelic is also doing very well in the faceoff circle, the Sens as a whole are doing much better in the faceoff circle & Pinto & Norris are also good at faceoffs.

 

[Ice-Tray]

I like the player, and if we had all of our cap space we could have everyone!

So far so good, and if we can keep him going forward, and he wants to stay, I’m open to it at this point.

Having this many threatens to score, along with a guy who is hard on the puck is exactly what we need in my opinion.

 

[Cosmix]

Thought he played well too. Grieg is a pretty good puck distributer lefty shot dishing to Tarasenko on right. I like the line and Joseph is buzzing, great at retrieving loose pucks. Tarasenko had great puck poise and played alot better than he did in game 1. People need to have some patience. He's just getting settled on a new team, new city, new linemates new systems.

We need to be patient with Tarasenko; after about 20 games we can make more informed comments on his value.

 

[aragorn]

We need to be patient with Tarasenko; after about 20 games we can make more informed comments on his value.

Two good assists in the Philly game, he can distribute the puck as well as shoot.

 

[Cosmix]

Two good assists in the Philly game, he can distribute the puck as well shoot.

Hopefully he can continue to contribute like that; however, Philadelphia is a bottom of the league team which means it is not likely to continue at a 2PPG pace.

 

[ottawah]

You can bet that an expiring contract will motivate him to play well and put points on the board!

Did not actually motivate him at all last year. He dropped from 82 points to 50 despite playing more games .....

 

[aragorn]

Hopefully he can continue to contribute like that; however, Philadelphia is a bottom of the league team which means it is not likely to continue at a 2PPG pace.

Who knows, there are plenty of teams that aren't that good too, but we do need him to create offence against all kinds of teams.

 

[LiseL]

I wonder if they're going to deploy him mostly as a PP specialist. But his ice-time might also change the moment Norris and/or Pinto are back.

His ice time may be lower due to the # of penalties we took. A lot of forwards who aren't on the PK suffered the same fate. They really have to stay out of the box, especially when playing better teams.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Forwards 5v5 Total Ice time 1st 2 games

It will be interesting to track this going forward. I never would have bet Tarasenko would lag behind Joseph in 5v5 icetime.

 

[DueDiligence]

Was excited when it happened. Seems like a big mistake at this point.

Yup one game is a surefire way to judge a player.

 

[Icelevel]

Yup one game is a surefire way to judge a player.

I was talking about cap issues and not being able to sign pinto because of it.

 

[GCK]

One thing I appreciate from Tarasenko is when he gets the puck in the D zone he either makes a good outlet pass or clears it. Refreshing to not see a winger turn it over like last season.

 

[aragorn]

Tarasenko 4 pts in 3 games, seems to be a pretty good signing so far.

 

[DylanSensFan]

As long as he keeps skating like he did tonight, I have no complaints.

 

[NyQuil]

His big frame is useful along the boards and around the net and he has good hands to go along with it.

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

Was excited when it happened. Seems like a big mistake at this point.

 

[SensontheRush]

Really likeable player.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

He has very good puck skills beyond shooting. I hadn’t appreciated that before.

 

[Slippy]

Forwards 5v5 Total Ice time 1st 2 games
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It will be interesting to track this going forward. I never would have bet Tarasenko would lag behind Joseph in 5v5 icetime.

Not that it would account for a whole lot, the little bonus of being on the ice when a PK ends would help. And that can very often include significant defensive zone time.

 

[Sens With Benefits]

He’s a lot bigger than I thought. Uses his size well.

 

[SpezDispenser]

Quite solid so far

 

[h2owned]

Like to see how pumped he was to score.

 

[Adele Dazeem]

You're talking about a player who was at one point one of if not the best right wingers in the game. Led his team to a Cup, multiple near PPG seasons.
Yes, he's lost a step but players of his caliber never lose the talent that got them to this point.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

I feel like I am finally comfortable admitting that he is a better hockey player than Turris was.