According to Andy Strickland of Bally Sports, several teams made higher bids for Tarasenko on one year deals, and Ottawa initially offered a multi-year deal at the same salary.
Five days into free agency, Vladimir Tarasenko fired his first agent, frustrated with how much money he had already lost. Tarasenko reportedly wished to stay with the Rangers, but was an eventual cap casualty.
Now, the Ottawa Senators and Vladimir Tarasenko will try to make the one year agreement work for both parties, hopefully resulting in a successful season for Tarasenko providing depth scoring needed for the Senators to make the playoffs. But there certainly has to be some regrets on Tarasenko's part having turned down $22,000,000 in guaranteed money.
