Player Discussion Vladimir Tarasenko

[BobMarleyNYR]

Blues need to add a 2nd.

Skinner or no.

 

[BobMarleyNYR]

Maybe its the disorienting effects of playing with new lineages every other shift?

He"ll get better. His goal yesterday was important

The negroplasty has definitely affected him... enter Ms. Garrison...

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Thought he looked a little better last night.

If you listen to the interviews it’s obvious it’s a big change for him. Over a decade with the same club, trying to move his family to NYC area, new teammates/system, 7 games in 13 nights with 2 back to backs and a western Canadian trip.

He’ll settle in. If you remember when St Louis
was traded to the Rangers it was similar. A lot of adjustments and it took him a while to fully assimilate. Think he had 1 goal in his first 10-12 games or something.

Tarasenko had an 82 point season last year. It may take a little time but I think he’ll be fine. This is why getting him early was a big part of the deal

 

[NikC]

The negroplasty has definitely affected him... enter Ms. Garrison...

stupid spellcheck...
*linemates

 

[duhmetreE]

Thought he looked a little better last night.

If you listen to the interviews it’s obvious it’s a big change for him. Over a decade with the same club, trying to move his family to NYC area, new teammates/system, 7 games in 13 nights with 2 back to backs and a western Canadian trip.

He’ll settle in. If you remember when St Louis
was traded to the Rangers it was similar. A lot of adjustments and it took him a while to fully assimilate. Think he had 1 goal in his first 10-12 games or something.

Tarasenko had an 82 point season last year. It may take a little time but I think he’ll be fine. This is why getting him early was a big part of the deal

A lot has happened over the past couple weeks. A lot of moving parts right now in his personal life. Once everything/everyone gets settled in, he should be fine.

 

[huerter]

The old adage, you know more about a player after one week on your team than a decade somewhere else.

 

[KevinFinnerty]

the points are coming, he has good vision, but I would like to see that shot of his more, and he is slow as f***.

 

[Synergy27]

As long as this dude brings it during the playoffs I’ll be happy. Will reserve all judgment until then.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

the points are coming, he has good vision, but I would like to see that shot of his more, and he is slow as f***.

He fits right in then

 

[huerter]

Did anyone do a libero on him before we got him? Was he flubbing?

 

[mas0764]

tick tock

 

[EdJovanovski]

This guy has been brutal and when EdJovanovski is saying that about a Russian player, you know that it’s true.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Can we include him in the Kane deal?

 

[Leonardo87]

Didn’t some Blues fans warn us? Lol. Have not been impressed so far. Still time to get into a groove though.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Didn’t some Blues fans warn us? Lol. Have not been impressed so far. Still time to get into a groove though.

Well they also aid ROR was cooked and he has 5 goals in 2 games for Toronto

 

[Ruggs225]

Meh, i dont care what he does for the rest of the season. Its all about what he does come playoff time. If he pots 5-10 goals in PO’s and we go deep than its ine.

I would like to see some more chemistry. But again, its all about the PO’s

 

[Riche16]

I was certainly expecting more... especially w him & his bestest bread buddy

I'll give it time tho to judge... patience isn't really my strongest quality lol

 

[Harbour Dog]

This is pretty much the player I was expecting, and it's still a good deadline pick up. He'll improve as he gets more used to the system and his teammates, and will hopefully be an important guy come playoff time; but he isn't going to be as good as Zibanejad or Panarin.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

Vladimir Tarasenko fluff piece:

 

[ajdj10]

Sammy Blais died for this........

 

[Jauffre]

If he's good in the playoffs it'll be worth it. But right now he looks more like a Fedotenko than a Tarasenko.

 

[GENESISPuck94]

The whole "he looks off" "looks slow" thing could simply be this is who he actually is and unless one watched every blues game can say otherwise, this is probably how he was with them the whole time as well.

I'm sure fans around the league gush over Zibanejad but haven't seen how disinterested, lazy, and aloof he can look for stretches of games, and if he landed on their team they'd be confused as well.

It's like dating someone but going to separate homes. They seem great, until they move in and you see all their nonsense you didn't see before because you didn't actually spend as much time around them as you thought you did.

 

[007]

The whole "he looks off" "looks slow" thing could simply be this is who he actually is and unless one watched every blues game can say otherwise, this is probably how he was with them the whole time as well.

I'm sure fans around the league gush over Zibanejad but haven't seen how disinterested, lazy, and aloof he can look for stretches of games, and if he landed on their team they'd be confused as well.

It's like dating someone but going to separate homes. They seem great, until they move in and you see all their nonsense you didn't see before because you didn't actually spend as much time around them as you thought you did.

This can and should be said about every player in the league, though I'd argue it goes both ways. Fans of other teams often don't see a player's true value (see Richter, Mike).

 

[CasusBelli]

This can and should be said about every player in the league, though I'd argue it goes both ways. Fans of other teams often don't see a player's true value (see Richter, Mike).

What was the general consensus among Ranger fans on Mike Richter after '94? As an outsider at the time, I thought he was a decent goalie with a few great years. He wasn't in the same league as Cujo, Hasek, Roy, Eddie Eagle or Fatso, but that doesn't seem to be the sentiment among NYR fans.

 

[TopShelfSnipes]

What was the general consensus among Ranger fans on Mike Richter after '94? As an outsider at the time, I thought he was a decent goalie with a few great years. He wasn't in the same league as Cujo, Hasek, Roy, Eddie Eagle or Fatso, but that doesn't seem to be the sentiment among NYR fans.

Definitely felt he was in the same league as CuJo (better in his peak though), a hair behind Belfour, but the other 3 are some of the alltime best so no comparison there. The thing that held him back was after 1997 the team was AWFUL. Then he started dealing with injuries.

He put up decent numbers on some of the dark ages teams, but the team couldn't score most of those years and this was still an era where people viewed goalie "wins" as indicative of skill. 2000-01 was their best offense since the 97 season, but the team had a bunch of defensemen and 3rd/4th liners that weren't really NHL level talent playing major minutes and that was his worst statistical season before he hurt his knee...at which point the team started giving up 4 goals a game and you realize Richter was the only reason they weren't giving up 4 goals a game all season.

After that, he really started to battle injuries much more often and never was the same as in his peak.

But in his peak, he could go toe to toe with anyone in the league and hold his own.