Blue Man On The Move?

If you've followed the NHL over the last decade, you know that Vladimir Tarasenko is one of the best forwards in this league. When he's healthy (he's been dealing with shoulder issues the last couple of seasons but seems to be near his old self), he can be one of the biggest offensive threats in the game. Now it appears that the 29 year old forward might want out of St Louis.

He's submitted a list of ten possible teams that he would consider a trade to. The teams that are rumored to be on the list include the Rangers, Islanders, Golden Knights, Bruins and Flyers (who were just thrown into the mix earlier this week). Also on the list are the Lightning, Capitals and Panthers. Now the question is, where will he land?

From a local point of view, it might not look very good. The Islanders don't have much room to work with. Hey I'd love to see them pull it off but at the same time they would have to give up quite a bit to be able to snag him and make the finances work in their favor. They have three RFA's they need to get locked up in Pelech, Sorokin and Beauvillier. Cizikas is a free agent come the end of the month and I have a good feeling that Islanders management is going to want to get him locked up to a long term deal here pretty soon to keep the best 4th line in hockey together.

They would also have to dump off some major parts to the Blues if the Islanders want to pull the trigger on this. And lets not forget, the expansion draft. I'm sure Islander management (and Blues management for that matter) is going to want to wait to see what's going to come out of the expansion draft before they decide on whether or not they want to pull the trigger on a move.

Now over in Manhattan, there might be some hope to try and land the high scoring winger. This is, after all, owner James Dolan we're talking about here. He's got no problem finding a way to spend the money to make either one of his teams better. New GM Chris Drury shouldn't have any trouble at all being able to makes a move. And the prospect of being able to put him on a line with a guy like Artemi Panarin. Sure leaves one drooling a little.

Of course, there's also 31 other teams who could be on the lookout for a guy of his talent level. It all depends on if the right off comes along the Blues way.