Tarasenko's Minnesota Picture Gets Clearer

Vladimir Tarasenko’s future in Minnesota is starting to come into sharper focus, and that usually means somebody in the building has stopped pretending this is all still up in the air. The veteran winger has the kind of name that makes front offices do the math twice, especially when the UFA market starts sorting itself out. Minnesota has been attached to the conversation, and the story now has the feel of a decision tree instead of a rumor mill.