Speculation: What happens with Tarasenko now?
- Thread starter Subway Schenn
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So maybe after blues land him. Inside scoop ror and him are best buds. He is also friends with sunny and Steen.
Dude, we have NO inside track to landing this guy lol
Em etah Eh
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And what’s your point? In that scenario is he really disgruntled if he’s putting up close to a 40 goal season? I’d say go ahead and harness that anger for the playoffs bud.
Per Lou korac
Free agency is 2+ weeks away and one of the coveted players will be Gabriel Landeskog. I'm told #stlblues
will apply "a full pitch effort" for #avs captain if he hits the open market. The feeling is he'd be a great fit as LW linemate with pal Ryan O'Reilly and David PerronSo no inside track. Buddies don't talk or have any influence to get them to come here....
We have one former teammate and another countryman. There’s 20 former teammates who are much closer to the guy at this point, who happen to be on a team that their arrogant GM hasn’t alienated and decimated. Wish in one hand Colt55, might as well you know what in the other. Our cup window closed when AP left. Or should I say when Armstrong’s ego chased him to a market he never wanted to go to...
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Lol so petro bhurt you are. But you said we have no inside track so his good buddy ror and Steen are not inside tracks.... ok
Monahan has had 5 surgeries in 2 years. But you're right, he wasn't really injured... Your opinions are pretty funny stuff.
Colt isn't really worth posting with. He has some pretty delusional opinions. Blues need to make some moves, they have some nice pieces though. NHL is a weird league. In the NBA you would never see a team like the Canadiens make the finals. You just have to get in and anything can happen if you have a blue line and a goalie who gets hot. Blues have the kind of goalie who can get hot. They've lost some pieces on the back end though. Need to replace them.
I hear ya, yeah I’m as big of a blues fan as you’ll find on here. However, as much as DA looked like a genius signing DP57, Bozak, Maroon, and trading for ROR, he’s completely shit the bed with his arrogance since then. Letting Patty walk and subsequently signing Clifford for more. Trading Eddy (a locker room fav) for Faulk and tying up Petro’s money with that ridiculous extension. Giving Fabbri away for a bag of pucks. Letting his personal arrogance get in the way of the first captain in franchise history to lift the cup (and don’t get me wrong, it was 1000% Army’s arrogance not Petro’s wanting to leave STL) resigning here. Overpaying Krug. Letting Dunn go for nothing. Shitting the bed with the VT91 situation.
This doesn’t exactly scream an inviting situation for a guy like Landy
Lol.I hear ya, yeah I’m as big of a blues fan as you’ll find on here. However, as much as DA looked like a genius signing DP57, Bozak, Maroon, and trading for ROR, he’s completely shit the bed with his arrogance since then. Letting Patty walk and subsequently signing Clifford for more. Trading Eddy (a locker room fav) for Faulk and tying up Petro’s money with that ridiculous extension. Giving Fabbri away for a bag of pucks. Letting his personal arrogance get in the way of the first captain in franchise history to lift the cup (and don’t get me wrong, it was 1000% Army’s arrogance not Petro’s wanting to leave STL) resigning here. Overpaying Krug. Letting Dunn go for nothing. Shitting the bed with the VT91 situation.
This doesn’t exactly scream an inviting situation for a guy like Landy
Petro had to unload a plot of land at Litzinger and Clayton which he had purchased in 2020 to build his dream home. Had zero plans on leaving. Believe it or not, don’t give a hoot. Blues fans are delusional in believing DA’s explanation about the bs. DA screwed the pooch big time, closed the cup window right there.
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I wonder if Tarasenko for Laine (signed, say for his qualifying offer, which I think is $7.5 million?) could be a deal to be made. Both are guys coming off poor years (both scoring much less than in previous years' rates, but could rebound) but from an outsider perspective I could see there being a fit for both:
- Jackets need offense, and Tarasenko is a skilled creator and distributor, and his north-south game would probably be a better fit than Laine who seems more as a pure sniper
- Blues have two of their top LW's (Hoffman and Schwartz) currently as UFA's and may need a replacement for either of them and their scoring
- while likely not top flight pure playmakers, O'Reilly and Schenn both typically register more assists than goals, so they could be workable setup men for Laine and, with the proper line combinations, they could work the boards or down low and feed it to Laine to get off his big shot
- Jackets need offense, and Tarasenko is a skilled creator and distributor, and his north-south game would probably be a better fit than Laine who seems more as a pure sniper
- Blues have two of their top LW's (Hoffman and Schwartz) currently as UFA's and may need a replacement for either of them and their scoring
- while likely not top flight pure playmakers, O'Reilly and Schenn both typically register more assists than goals, so they could be workable setup men for Laine and, with the proper line combinations, they could work the boards or down low and feed it to Laine to get off his big shot
ICanMotteBelieveIt
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Man you need to buy new glasses. Your current one's are broken, homerism at its finest.
I realize that you have fond memories of Tarasenko and yes, he used to be crazy good. But that was before all the injuries... he's not what he used to be, face facts.
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I agree and I'm a Rangers fan.
You ought to realize you're wrong when fans of rival teams agree with each other.
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Have some PRIDE, Eric...
BleedBlue14
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Most likely true. But it’s really hard to tell that given he’s been hurt the last two years due to improper management of the situation by the medical team. Unless he’s using this as an excuse. However most of us thought the same thing about Jay Bouwmeester right after his hip surgery. It took him a season or so to fully recover and return to his elite level of play.
I get that the return won’t be what it would’ve been given his full body of work. But the Blues have no reason to pay which I’ve seen some suggest or retain salary on him. Sure he may not like it and it’s not ideal for either party but retaining or shelling out assets to “unload” a potentially elite player who has limited term left seems like the worst possible outcome here. Regardless if Tarasenko likes it or not he doesn’t have full control of whether or not he’s traded unless he goes overseas I guess which wouldn’t completely surprise me but that’s essentially the contract gone at no cost and I haven’t seen that threatened anywhere. Maybe it’s too early in the situation for that to be a possible outcome.
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