Article: Can A Healthy Wild Team Get More Out Of Vladimir Tarasenko?

[Luke Sims]

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[OldDutchChip]

what's next....i think we should waive him. hope that someone takes yet another chance on him. worst case, Leo pays for him in Iowa (if Vlady decides to stick around and not return to sunny Florida) and we free up 5MM. But also send Jiri with him so that neither is too lonely. Either to Iowa or Florida. 

[Pewterschmidt]

How many fucking PAT’s is Guerin going to KLANK of the upright before Leo has had enough?

[Dean]

On Judds pod cast Jesse was saying she knows Billy is out kicking tires on a couple players.  Not the superstars she hoped for but something to shake up team.  Then I read something about  Kyrou.  What stupid crap is Billy and his clueless pro scouts up to.  Especially after getting fleeced on jiricek and wasting cap money and roster space for vlad. Hes worthless in the top six and even more worthless in the bottom six. Our pro scouts should be fired. I get making a mistake once in awhile because you’re making educated swings at improving your team. However we’re not making educated decisions, rather ego driven ones. Vlad needs to go but he won’t due to Billy’s ego. 
   Thinking about what the heck the wild could do to salvage this wasted extortionist  upcoming decade  is to get a # 1 center quickly. To get the most out of kk before he goes the vlad direction. We don’t  have the value in players or prospects to trade for one. So we need one internally. Rossi is what he is a doesn’t have much ceiling left. He’ll get a little better but not #1c better. 
   I think Yurov is the best hope for that #1 and it should start now! You can see he has a lot more upside. You drafted him in 1st round so he better have some offensive touch. He’s already shown he’s a sponge. Growing game by game. Not year by year or never growing like Rossi and lambos.  He’s got the body length and should fill out with man strength. He can skate, has hockey I Q and shows more tenacity than pro Rossi. The kid just seems to want to get better and does. So kk should put his big boy pants on and mentor the kid by having him center top line. Quit playing games with zuc. And develop the kid into the center kk needs. Rossi is not the future center for kk. Yurov might and has more tools than Rossi. It’s time to make him 1 and force kk and zucc to mentor like Crosby. Tyler T, Jamie Ben, etc do. Give the kid a good runway to become #1. It’s better than pissing  away more assets on crap the pro scouts come up with. If it doesn’t work oh well you tried and get a good draft pick. If it does your set for a decade.