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His dislocation shouldn't in any way impact his play or value in the future.
I think this thread was made simply because Tarasenko had a 2 goal game.
The Blues are a team contending for the Cup this year. There's no way they'd trade a star offensive player for a guy who won't play at all this season. In the offseason, this would be a different story.
Blues fans would have said no to this a week, a month, or 6 months ago.
Undoubtedly. But that's evidently not why the thread was made.
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I LOVE Ryan Murray, but I'll deal him for Tarasenko any day of the week. Doubt the Blues would, they need his scoring touch, but we've got a nice Russian core building up and, man, Tank would be so awesome to have. Super jelly of the Blues.
sorry cbj fans but there is no way blues would do that, tarasenko could be a superstar in this league, murray while a very good prospect i'm afraid he's not even the 2nd best prospect from 2012 draft, galchenyul grigorenko and maybe reilly will have more impact on their careers..
I think both teams would rather keep their own prospect. Tarasenko definitely proved he's ready for the NHL, and we've always lacked a high-end scorer like him. Murray is gonna be a stud for the Jackets, and if I were them, I would not trade him away for anything short of overpayment.
Columbus can tell you all about a Russian prospect scoring a bunch oft goals in his first game
Vitaly Yachmenev, Ivan Novoseltsev, Dmitry Nabokov, Stanislav Chistov, Alsexei Smirnov, Max Afinogenov, Oleg Kvasha.... All those Russians scored multiple points in their NHL debut. And yeah, Zherdev and Filatov looked promising...
The Blues are a team contending for the Cup this year. There's no way they'd trade a star offensive player for a guy who won't play at all this season. In the offseason, this would be a different story.
No, it wouldn't... the answer would still be "not no, but hell no."
You aren't trading for Murray for what he can do in the next 6 months. You're trading for him for what he can do in the next 10 years.
Basically think of him as being in a holding pattern. Since the draft his value has gone neither up nor down. It's simply stayed the same.
Do I think the Blues should trade Tarasenko? No. Do I think the kid who was just recently drafted 2nd overall holds more value? Yes. Do I think this thread is way too reactionary based off of 1 game? Of course. Like I said, the only reason why this thread was made was because Tarasenko scored 2 goals tonight.
No, I thought something like this (maybe not Tarasenko but other similar sniping prospect) would have been a logical move ever since the Jackets missed out on Yakupov.
If anything the game reminded me that Tarasenko was a thing. He looked great yesterday but who the hell doesn't in a 6-0 game?
No, I thought something like this (maybe not Tarasenko but other similar sniping prospect) would have been a logical move ever since the Jackets missed out on Yakupov.
If anything the game reminded me that Tarasenko was a thing. He looked great yesterday but who the hell doesn't in a 6-0 game?
It was 0-0 when he scored his 1st and 2-0 when he scored his 2nd...
Realistically tara just had a big night for the club, wait an see how he produces over the rest of the short season.
As far as I'm concerned from an outsiders perspective, Murray has a much higher value than tara, not because of the Russian factor or anything like that... Hes a stand out player that played at the men's worlds as a 17 year old... He was taken over the NHL ready
Defenseman...
No, I thought something like this (maybe not Tarasenko but other similar sniping prospect) would have been a logical move ever since the Jackets missed out on Yakupov.
If anything the game reminded me that Tarasenko was a thing. He looked great yesterday but who the hell doesn't in a 6-0 game?
Perron did. not the worst offensive player you can have
but as Kshahdoo said, it wasn`t exactly unimportant goals Frank scored
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Originally Posted by TheNuge
Realistically tara just had a big night for the club, wait an see how he produces over the rest of the short season.
As far as I'm concerned from an outsiders perspective, Murray has a much higher value than tara, not because of the Russian factor or anything like that... Hes a stand out player that played at the men's worlds as a 17 year old... He was taken over the NHL ready
Defenseman...
Realistically tara just had a big night for the club, wait an see how he produces over the rest of the short season.
As far as I'm concerned from an outsiders perspective, Murray has a much higher value than tara, not because of the Russian factor or anything like that... Hes a stand out player that played at the men's worlds as a 17 year old... He was taken over the NHL ready
Defenseman...
Realistic value,
Tarasenko
2nd
For
Murray
Murray might have been playing in the WCs at 17 but tarasenko was playing professionally at 16 in the KHL. The reason why it took tank so long to come over is because he was under contract with the KHL and did not have much of a choice. He had the option of buying out his contract but his dad was his head coach in the KHL.
If tarasenko was from the US or Canada he easily would have been a top 3 pick and could have been picked before Hall and/or Seguin.
It's only realistic because you're saying it, right? Wrong. You know what is realistic? The Blues not trading a potential star forward to a division rival for an injured player, especially when the Blues are one of the strongest defensive teams in the league, if not ever...And they're trying to win NOW.
Realistically tara just had a big night for the club, wait an see how he produces over the rest of the short season.
As far as I'm concerned from an outsiders perspective, Murray has a much higher value than tara, not because of the Russian factor or anything like that... Hes a stand out player that played at the men's worlds as a 17 year old... He was taken over the NHL ready
Defenseman...
Realistic value,
Tarasenko
2nd
For
Murray
I'm going to politely say that you're wrong.
Murray may have player for the men's worlds as a 17 year old yes, but Tarasenko has been playing against that kind of competition since he was 16. Tarasenko has the ability to become a point per game player with his size, skating, offensive awareness, shooting, and all around playmaking ability. People are only saying the Murray has more value because he was drafted 2nd overall and they are not taking into account why he was ranked that high. He was never projected to become a number one defencemen, in fact, his projections are wavering around #3-4. He was drafted that highly because he was the safest prospect to reach the NHL right out of juniors instead of guys like Reilly who have much more upside but will take them longer to reach the pro level.
And before you ask, no, this hype for Tarasenko is not the result of his one game where he made the Wings look silly. He has had to deal with much steeper competition then Murray for a lot longer, and has become an All-Star in Russia. Even before Tarasenko was drafted, scouts were debating who is better between him and Seguin.
So long story short, if you want fair value, the deal you have proposed is not that.
Murray may have player for the men's worlds as a 17 year old yes, but Tarasenko has been playing against that kind of competition since he was 16. Tarasenko has the ability to become a point per game player with his size, skating, offensive awareness, shooting, and all around playmaking ability. People are only saying the Murray has more value because he was drafted 2nd overall and they are not taking into account why he was ranked that high. He was never projected to become a number one defencemen, in fact, his projections are wavering around #3-4. He was drafted that highly because he was the safest prospect to reach the NHL right out of juniors instead of guys like Reilly who have much more upside but will take them longer to reach the pro level.
And before you ask, no, this hype for Tarasenko is not the result of his one game where he made the Wings look silly. He has had to deal with much steeper competition then Murray for a lot longer, and has become an All-Star in Russia. Even before Tarasenko was drafted, scouts were debating who is better between him and Seguin.
So long story short, if you want fair value, the deal you have proposed is not that.
This, ppl just ignore the fact that he was a top scorer in the KHL before coming over, we're not trading him unless its for a stupid overpayment. The guy is exactly what the Blues need, someone who likes and is good at shooting the puck instead of looking for a pass all the time.
This, ppl just ignore the fact that he was a top scorer in the KHL before coming over, we're not trading him unless its for a stupid overpayment. The guy is exactly what the Blues need, someone who likes and is good at shooting the puck instead of looking for a pass all the time.
Eventually they'll realize it'd be like asking for Radulov and offering prospects, it's not even close to fair.
Eventually they'll realize it'd be like asking for Radulov and offering prospects, it's not even close to fair.
To be fair all you blues fans are making this kid out to be the next pavel bure in terms of offensive statistics, you all need to calm down the kids played 1 NHL game... Yet your saying in other posts he's already won the Calder, just give it to him, and give the blues the cup... You sound worse than leaf fans, and how they over rank there prospects...
As many a man has said before in this thread, Columbus will tell you all about high profile Russians scoring alot in there first game...
So don't go expecting Sidney Crosby and malkin in return for your prospect that's played 1 NHL game...
This, ppl just ignore the fact that he was a top scorer in the KHL before coming over, we're not trading him unless its for a stupid overpayment. The guy is exactly what the Blues need, someone who likes and is good at shooting the puck instead of looking for a pass all the time.
Wrong he was not a top scorer in the KHL, 131 points I
207 games is far from that
To be fair all you blues fans are making this kid out to be the next pavel bure in terms of offensive statistics, you all need to calm down the kids played 1 NHL game... Yet your saying in other posts he's already won the Calder, just give it to him, and give the blues the cup... You sound worse than leaf fans, and how they over rank there prospects...
As many a man has said before in this thread, Columbus will tell you all about high profile Russians scoring alot in there first game...
So don't go expecting Sidney Crosby and malkin in return for your prospect that's played 1 NHL game...
You seem to be very ignorant on your knowledge of Tarasenko. The Blues fans are not excited about him because of one good game. That is the point you keep bringing up. The Blues fans have been following him since he was drafted and playing in the KHL. He was always a highly thought of prospect. He was a top scorer in the KHL. His game transfers perfectly to the NHL. Tarasenko was considered to be one of the top prospects in the world last season.
I don't think there are any Blues fans who seriously think he has already won the Calder. If it was said it was more in a joking manner. As there are a lot of very talented rookies this season. Do we think he is one of the favorites for it of course we do.
It's kind of ironic and EDM fan would say don't expect to much for a player that played one NHL game seeing the Nail proposals over the summer.
You aren't trading for Murray for what he can do in the next 6 months. You're trading for him for what he can do in the next 10 years.
Basically think of him as being in a holding pattern. Since the draft his value has gone neither up nor down. It's simply stayed the same.
Do I think the Blues should trade Tarasenko? No. Do I think the kid who was just recently drafted 2nd overall holds more value? Yes. Do I think this thread is way too reactionary based off of 1 game? Of course. Like I said, the only reason why this thread was made was because Tarasenko scored 2 goals tonight.
The problem with this logic is that if Tarasenko was a guarantee to come over to the NHL during his draft year, there is no way he is drafted any later than third and possibly first or second. He would be looked at as the same level talent as Hall and Seguin. That said, why would we trade a 3rd(ish) for a 2nd that is 2 years development time away and that doesn't address our biggest need from last year?
Sorry, there is no logic that would make us even take a look at this deal. We are trying to win now and we have been excited for this kid long enough.
