Someday out from the kickoff of NHL free company, and the Minnesota Wild have acquired one other piece to bolster their lineup – going out and buying and selling future issues to the Detroit Pink Wings in return for Vladimir Tarasenko.
Tarasenko shall be heading into his 14th season within the NHL, kicking off his profession in 2012-13 with the St. Louis Blues and having stops on the best way with the New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, Florida Panthers, the Pink Wings and, now, the Wild. Over that point, he’s performed in 831 common season video games with 304 targets and 662 factors, together with an 82-point season in 2021-22 with the Blues.
He’s a two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Blues in 2018-19 and the Panthers in 2023-24. As properly, he’s performed in 4 all-star video games over his tenure within the NHL.
His manufacturing has slowed down barely over the previous couple of seasons, ending with 11 targets and 33 factors in 80 video games final season with the Pink Wings. That mentioned, the 33-year-old winger can nonetheless add some extra offensive manufacturing alongside the gifted lineup in Minnesota and has an opportunity to have a bounce-back season alongside the likes of Matt Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov, amongst others.
As for Russian-born gamers, Tarasenko ranks sixteenth all-time in factors and is fifth amongst energetic Russians within the NHL in that class. He’s additionally twelfth in targets and twenty first in video games performed amongst his countrymen. As for his NHL rating, he’s 316th all-time in factors and forty ninth amongst energetic gamers.
Tarasenko is coming into the ultimate 12 months of a two-year contract with a cap hit of $4.75 million with the Pink Wings not retaining any wage.
