Sep 9: Andy Strickland of Fox Sports Midwest reports that Tarasenko has undergone successful surgery with no complications. Now the tough part begins as the Blues sniper will begin his rehab in an attempt to return to action.
Aug 26: The evaluation is complete and it’s not good news for Vladimir Tarasenko. The St. Louis Blues forward will undergo another shoulder surgery next week and will not be re-evaluated for five months.
Tarasenko, 28, missed almost the entire 2019-20 season after suffering a major shoulder injury at the end of October. He played just ten games, but was able to work hard enough to recover in time for the return to play format. Unfortunately, after just four scoreless games in the bubble, Tarasenko returned to St. Louis for examination. This result puts the start of the 2020-21 season into question and may raise even more about his playing future.
There’s no doubt that when healthy, Tarasenko is one of the league’s top goal-scorers. Over a five-year span before this season he tallied 182 goals in 395 games, a total topped by only Alex Ovechkin (236 goals) and John Tavares (183). His pure power and lethal wrist shot have made him one of the most feared players in the league when the puck is on his stick.
Tarasenko has three years remaining on his current contract which carries a $7.5MM cap hit through the end of the 2022-23 season. He has a full no-trade clause.
that’s not a good sign
Third time definitely will *not* be a charm. Hope all goes well for Vladdy, though.
He’s toast.
Would putting him on the LTIR be enough / possible to get Pietrangelo signed?
Asking for a friend.
No. Because when he comes back you still have to dump a ton of salary. They want to keep Petro they will need to love some pieces or buy out some contracts. Expect significant changes if they plan to resign Petro.
@Ol Voodoo – A “friend”? My friend, too… let’s call him “Alex” :) Vladdy would have to be on *really* long LTIR to make the space available, and that decision would have to come relatively quickly. I can’t believe he’d be too happy to be intentionally put on a reef just off Robidas Island, so they can play games with the cap. Although, Blues fans might want to see Faulk jettisoned to accomplish that end.
Parayko will be traded
^ @MacJablonski
Your overuse of “Robidas Island” (among other jargon and buzzwords) discredits your otherwise sometimes decent contributions to this site. You’d be far more respected (IMO) if you didn’t try and sound like an English 101 teacher assistant.
@pawtucket – C’mon, already. “Robidas Island” is in the hockey lexicon, and will continue to be used for a long time to come. You will no doubt find this hard to believe, but I don’t post anything here for approval of anyone. Fellow PHR guys are free to agree, disagree, or ignore them. And, I’m old enough to be a grandpa to virtually all T.A.s on this continent. My school teachers in the Original Six era graded us on spelling, grammar, and writing quality. That has been all but lost in the decades since. The tools for better writing quality are easily available to all, but most people don’t want to do that heavy lifting. Is this off-topic? Yes. (Sorry, Gavin!)
Pawtucket….I bet the windows at your house are all fogged up. (mouth breathers.)
Robidas Island is used in the industry.
Maybe you should bring a book into the peeler joint in Pawtucket once in a while.
It’s pretty bad when you have to take off two mittens to count the B’s Stanley Cup wins post expansion.
Don’t forget to count the numerous Cups Cam Cam and Lameond won,lol. There’s a reason why your big hero isn’t involved in the game.
I for one do not always agree with MacJablonski, but I respect the fact that they are willing to actually use correct spelling and grammar. I would much rather read a post that “sounds like an English 101 teaching assistant” than a text from a sixteen-year-old (no shade to anyone in particular, I am just making a generalization).
Oof. The community here appears to be part of the hockey center of the universe. Not everyone watches the leafs and knows what “Robidas Island” is – and most don’t care. It certainly isn’t industry wide knowledge. Sure Stephan Robidas disappeared and there is an internal joke about it- but when MacJ uses it for EVERY INJURY reported, it’s just not funny. Well, it’s funny if you laugh at your own jokes…
The writers here are solid, the site has some good flow – but the ‘regulars’ sure feel entitled to flex their educational prowess from a bygone age. Maybe we need a mute function.
@pawtucket – I’m not part of the Center of the Hockey Universe in TOR. I’m part of the hockey-fan universe on Earth. The Robidas Island reference isn’t an internal thing in Toronto, it’s all over. I don’t use it for every injury, but if the discussion hints at it, I “might” use it. It isn’t funny, but a fact of hockey reality for some players. I hammered Holger once or twice on using “scribe” excessively, since most view it as obsolete. I stopped because it was a pointless exercise. He’s going to keep using it, as well as some prominent NHL analysts and commentators. I don’t like it and will just cuss out the interweb radio whenever somebody uses it. But I won’t declare war on anybody who does. I prefer to discuss/debate on substance, not writing style.
Tarasanko hopefully does not end up like Bjustad. I know his play will probably deteriorate a bit, but his young age should help him still be relevant in the NHL.
Why not just hope he comes back safe and well. This coming from a Stars fan