After winning the Stanley Cup with St. Louis in 2019, Tarasenko is playing a key role for Florida

On to the next game, the next chance, is something Tarasenko learned during the St. Louis Blues' title run in 2019, and he has brought some of that mentality to the Florida Panthers as they aim to win the first championship in franchise history. One of a couple of trade deadline pickups acquired to bolster the roster for just this occasion, Tarasenko has scored four goals this playoffs and taken on an important role in his short time with the club. “He's been incredible — just his energy, every day,” fellow forward Sam Bennett said. A big part of something the Panthers have been building for quite some time, starting with drafting center Aleksander Barkov and defenseman Aaron Ekblad and continuing by signing goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky and trading for Bennet, Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Reinhart.