The Florida Panthers are on a mission this season, and so they made their elite roster even higher by including Vladimir Tarasenko from the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday. Sadly for Ottawa, the Panthers had been in a position to get him for a surprisingly low cost value.
Tarasenko brings 17 targets with him right down to Florida, making an already imposing lineup much more formidable because the playoffs strategy. Tarasenko needs to be a pleasant match for the Panthers on the wing, and that improve value them subsequent to nothing.
In the meantime, the Senators wanted to unload Tarasenko earlier than the deadline to recoup some belongings for a pending unrestricted free agent. The circumstances of the deal labored towards Ottawa and produced an underwhelming return for a talented participant.
Let’s escape our purple pens and hand out some grades on the Panthers’ acquisition of Tarasenko.
The deal
- To Florida: Vladimir Tarasenko (50% retained)
- To Ottawa: 2024 conditional 4th-round choose, 2025 Third-round choose
Florida Panthers
The Panthers did not essentially must make any adjustments at this deadline. They’re 21-4-2 of their final 27 video games, and there are no clear flaws on the roster. That stated, Florida’s time to strike is now, and the workforce is taking full benefit of its Stanley Cup window.
If there was one nitpick with this Panthers workforce, it is that they had been lacking extra constant scoring on the wings. Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe and Matthew Tkachuk have been carrying many of the offensive burden in 2023-24. They may get some help with the addition of Tarasenko, who instantly turns into the fourth-leading scorer in Florida with 17 targets.
Tarasenko comes with a powerful offensive pedigree, together with 5 30-goal seasons and one 40-goal season in his 12-year profession. Though he could not be capable to rating at that fee anymore, Tarasenko will nonetheless present the Panthers with an inflow of scoring. In accordance with Pure Stat Trick, Tarasenko is scoring at a fee of 1.11 targets/60. That’s higher than all however two Panthers — Reinhart and Verhaeghe.
As soon as Tarasenko arrives in Florida, he ought to have a top-six spot ready for him. Proper now, Nick Cousins is taking part in on the second line with Sam Bennett and Tkachuk. I’ve to think about Paul Maurice will slot Tarasenko on that line, which might enable Cousins to play in a extra applicable position decrease within the lineup.
If there’s a knock on this acquisition, it is that Tarasenko does not essentially have any affect on the defensive finish. Florida is dedicated to protection all through the lineup, and the Senators bled possibilities towards when Tarasenko was on the ice at five-on-five. Might his presence within the Panthers lineup hurt their in any other case glowing defensive popularity? Perhaps, however Tarasenko may have sufficient help round him that it should not be an enormous downside.
The Panthers, already the favourite to win the Stanley Cup in my ebook, simply added much more pop to an already explosive roster. It is also spectacular they had been in a position to do it for the discount bin value of a third-round choose and a conditional fourth-round choose. That is a no brainer for a contender like Florida, even with the questions on Tarasenko’s protection. Grade — A-
Ottawa Senators
The Senators’ palms had been tied on this deal. They’re nowhere close to the playoffs, Tarasenko is on an expiring contract, and he had a no-trade clause.
All of that led to a fairly underwhelming return for what would in any other case be a extremely interesting commerce chip. Tarasenko will crack the 20-goal mark with ease this season, and Ottawa in all probability might have landed at the least a second-round choose for him below regular circumstances. Sadly for the Sens, these weren’t regular circumstances, and that led to them taking a shower on the deal.
A 3rd-round choose and a conditional fourth-round choose aren’t precisely a lot to put in writing house about, though strong NHL gamers are drafted in these rounds yearly. If nothing else, Ottawa shall be pulling for the Panthers within the postseason as a result of that fourth-round choose turns into a third-round choose if Florida wins all of it this yr. Grade — C-
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