The St. Lous Blues have traded forward Vladimir Tarasenko (50 percent retained) and defenseman Niko Mikkola to the New York Rangers for a 2023 first-round pick, Sammy Blais, Hunter Skinner, 2023 first and fourth-round draft picks.
Thoughts from the media
Andy Graziano: “You can be as salty as you need to be, but ….. Given the position the Rangers are in and what their needs seemed to be, Tarasenko is a major get. He can still snipe and should fit well with the established offensive talent they have already.”
Dennis Bernstein: “Been saying for weeks and reiterated again yesterday on @TheHammerHQ Edge Work pod, NYR RW depth wasn’t good enough to take team deep in post season. Tarasenko was a move they had to make.”
David Pagnotta: “Rangers have been in on Tarasenko going back beyond the off-season. NYR were one of the teams he was willing to waive NTC for, as I noted in yesterday’s column.”
Matt Porter: “Panarin-Zibanejad-Tarasenko are gonna cook.”
Kyle Cushman: “Going from Jimmy Vesey to Vladimir Tarasenko as your 1RW is a slight upgrade”
Cap Friendly: “Niko Mikkola is on the final year of a $1.9M contract. He has 3 pts in 50 games played and will be a UFA this summer.”
Tarasenko microstats this season courtesy of AllThreeZones: pic.twitter.com/BLeNRcWjSW
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) February 9, 2023
Vladimir Tarasenko loves playing at Madison Square Garden
This is my favorite Vladdy memory, ever.
Funny it happened against the Rangers.#stlblues
pic.twitter.com/TpsgT7ZUxc— Josh Hyman (@joshhymanNHL) February 9, 2023
