Rangers buying winger Vladimir Tarasenko from Blues

The New York Rangers acquired ahead Vladimir Tarasenko from the St. Louis Blues on Thursday, Sportsnet can verify.

The return is just not but recognized.

In 38 video games this season, Tarasenko has 10 objectives and 19 assists for 29 factors.

The 31-year-old is within the remaining 12 months of his eight-year contract that comes with a $7.5-million cap hit.

Becoming a member of the Blues because the membership’s Sixteenth-overall choose again in 2010, Tarasenko has been a key cog in St. Louis’s offensive machine for the previous decade, placing up a career-best 40 objectives in 2016, almost reaching that mark on two different events, and topping 30 objectives six occasions in complete. He performed a central position within the Blues’ run to the Stanley Cup in 2019, main the group in scoring because it made its sudden climb up the standings within the latter half of the season.

In 2021, Tarasenko requested a commerce out of St. Louis. According to longtime Blues beat writer Jeremy Rutherford, the request stemmed from the winger’s frustration with how his shoulder surgical procedures had been managed by the Blues’ group medical doctors.

Regardless of the request, and his availability for the 2021 growth draft, Tarasenko remained with the membership and put up a career-best offensive displaying in 2021-22, scoring 34 objectives and 82 factors in 75 video games.

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