Foreign let’s get this right out of the way at the start of the video I did see some people going out there and talking about this particular media availability and bringing up the idea that says that it’s not really beneficial to hear what a
Player has to say when they sign on to a new team because of course he’s just going to give cookie cutter answers he’s going to not really provide any insight that’s not obvious like why is a player gonna go out there and talk poorly about a team that he just signed with of
Course he’s going to talk positively about the opportunity right and I saw a lot of fans of other teams saying yeah it’s not really beneficial to see this type of an interview being done but at this point these types of things they are just formalities so today as we
Go over the recent interviews done with newly signed Ottawa Senators forward Vladimir Tarasenko I wanted to just keep that in the back of our minds here that yes while this interview or series of interviews may not provide the most insightful or enlightening pieces of knowledge it’s just good to hear about
These are formalities you have to hear from the new guy because he’s a highly touted free agent who decided to sign with your team he is playing in Canada for the first time in his career and there were already a few moments throughout the interviews and the Press
Media availabilities where he was like yeah I feel like I’ve kind of answered the same question three times already because that’s what the Canadian reporters do baby they go out there and Hound you with the same questions over and over because Canadian media Outlets just cannot get enough of their hockey
Players we’re going over onto two articles here today one of them was posted on the Ottawa Sun this is Bruce garyock going over the Tarasenko comments and media availability and we are also making another conversation happening around this post on the sends subreddit big shout out over to Reddit user the Centennial
Because what they did was they summarized the Vladimir Tarasenko interview on TSN 1200 from August 1st so because these are both kind of interlinked together let’s actually talk about the Reddit post first go over Vladimir tarasenko’s ideas what it is that he feels about signing in Ottawa he
Said that he spoke with his family and he had a lot of time to weigh onto the decision the Sands have a very good young team they won a lot of games last year and almost made the playoffs he also said that he had spoken with Claude
Giroux and bradica Chuck and based off of what they had said he really liked what he had thought of the team this idea was actually brought on in the Bruce garyock piece on the Ottawa Sun as well that yeah tarasenga went out there and had himself a few conversations with
These top Ottawa guys Brady could chuck of course the captain of the team he knows what it’s all about he is really invigorated the spirit of this team the past few years and claudgeroo being another highly touted free agent from last year’s free agency class who had
Decided to come home to Ottawa that guy definitely has his own perspective to offer to a free agent that is going to make his home in Ottawa for the next year so it’s really good actually to hear that there is this level of connection and openness between Tarasenko and other
Players around the league where and he can say yeah I spoke with shuru I spoke with kachuk they let me know what’s going on here I liked it which is why I decided to sign there also was the question why did he only sign a one-year deal despite their
Being offers for multi-year deals with other teams he actually didn’t talk about that here on the channel but there were other offers given out to this guy ranging in different times and different dollar amounts to other teams some even with Ottawa but Tarasenko settled with a one-year deal he said he had never
Played or been in Canada and if it works for both sides then great we’ll see how it goes that right there is pretty good too I like that he’s not being super definitive about whether or not it’s going to go to a long-term thing or if this really is just a one-year Wonder
Type situation he’s leaving the door open silk Sonic style and I feel like with that sort of idea in mind it’s easier for Sans fans to get on board with the idea that says okay it is only one year if this doesn’t go well fine he
Can leave we can trade him away if he allows it because there is protection on the deal but at the end of the day this isn’t a guarantee in any respect it’s just testing the waters here when it comes to the roller coaster of free agency Tarasenko said it was not an easy
Month he focused on next year and he’s excited for the opportunity and he’s looking forward to this season they also asked him on whether or not he was looking for a long-term deal in particular and long story short Tarasenko didn’t want to share that he doesn’t want to talk about it anymore
And he wants to focus on good things and that this signing was a good thing there also was an intriguing conversation to be had about other players on the Ottawa Senators that he has spoken to lots of guys had reached out to him he said he was added to the
Group chat and they talk basically every day it seems like a really tight group the guy seem like they’re ready to take the next step and it’s nice to be around a close group who cares about each other everybody is ready to take the next step and Tarasenko himself is ready to help
The team do it and you see this is sort of why a lot of other fan bases went out there and said yeah what’s the point of these interviews like these are not really insightful things like there were the proper things to say of course but
Who really needs to go out there and hear this well I’ll answer that question Ottawa Senators fans it’s good for them to go out there and hear the words coming from their own guy’s mouth that he is indeed engaged in wanting to help out this team Tarasenko says that the
Sans have a lot of good players they play Fast hockey they won a lot of games last season and he doesn’t think people realize that they’re a great group of guys and a good group of hockey players they’re ready to take the next step and
Tarasenko is happy to be a part of it there are a few more questions but the last one I wanted to focus on from this interview was regarding people he knows on the team he says that he knows our Tim Zub and he speaks with him and plays
Games together he knows some of the former Russian players who also played in the sense as well now a lot of people in the comments section of this write-up post by the way big shouted again to the Centennial for going out there and actually writing
This out but a lot of people were asking hey what games do zube and Tarasenko play together online Shooters NHL 23 who really knows but of course that’s just kind of ragtag conversation let’s go over onto the Ottawa Sun piece and get some more comments from Tarasenko during his regular media availability as
Published by Bruce garyock he says when it comes to this group the Ottawa Senators themselves after talking to players like claudgeroo and bradykuchuk they basically told him everything that’s going on with the team which makes us think this is the best fit for us and it’s very exciting it’s very
Important to have a good group of guys Tarasenko said I was lucky to have that in the past but talking to this group it feels like everybody is very close and it’s very important to be able to come to the rink to feel comfortable and to
Be able to perform at your best I got added to the group chat and they’re kind of funny in there he then had a few comments that I also thought were interesting from Pierre Dorian written in this article Pier Dorian was talking to NHL Network earlier last week and he
Says that the Tarasenko signing is huge and good for organization our fans should be happy he says the last two years we’ve been able to attract some top free agent talents on the market last year was Giroux and this year our Pro Scouts and Management Group had a
Big debate about who is the best Winger available and Tarasenko was definitely in that conversation the article ends off talking about how you have Shane Pinto that still needs to be signed in Igor soccerlov is there too this ends are going to have to do some wheeling and dealing over the next few
Days to open things up but for now Dorian says that JP and Pat seem to indicate they were looking for more of a one-year deal for Tarasenko this is probably the highest we could go as with what we’ve got to do next as well with pinto naturally this article concludes
Tarasenko will get time on one of the power play units we just felt this would be the best option for us the credit goes to the Senator’s organization because everybody took some time to talk to me and they explained the situation I just decided this is the team where I
Want to be next year and I saw a lot of senators fans going out there and saying that they really appreciated the honesty here like just from the way Tarasenko is talking about Ottawa the way he’s talking about the team and the situation he’s not making any long-term commitments at all he’s
Not even insinuating that a long-term idea is even a remote possibility he’s just saying yeah we’re here I wanted to be here we want a one-year deal it’s good good group of guys I like it I’m comfortable here they seem to like me and it’s gonna be good
He’s not going out there making any fake promises he’s not going out there setting any sends fans up for disappointment when he decides to inevitably leave next year or if he gets traded or whatever like this is very business-like in every sense of the word and you can feel that there’s
Transparency in making that be known this isn’t like to brinket last year where he was sort of wishy-washy you could feel that there was an idea he was trying to portray that made it seem like he would want to stick around but you could sort of tell that he kind of
Didn’t want to and now it’s like okay well we know that he didn’t want to stay he got traded now we’ve got kubalik who is pretty all right and then we signed Tarasenko too with Tarasenko it’s like yeah he’s being super honest about everything and there’s a good admirable quality to that
It’s not setting fans up with lies it’s just him being yeah I wanted to come here for a year that’s what we wanted and so for Vladimir terracycle if it works out then hey this could really work out as we had talked about in the past few videos he genuinely does have a
Lot of talent when it comes to still being able to score goals and make plays and flanking on one of the power play units in Ottawa is going to be a really good opportunity for him because we know he’s gonna be one of the top dogs imagine in 2015 telling somebody that
Claude Giroux and Vladimir Tarasenko would each decide to go to the Ottawa Senators and free agency that’s wild let me know our thoughts in the comment section below I hope you enjoyed this video trolls 99 and bye
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