“It’s just as much your responsibility to find a doctor that you trust.

“Well, to me, it’s kind of hard to blame the team if the doctor doesn’t do a surgery right,” Hull said. That, according to those sources, led to a personal mistrust of the organization.

Tarasenko has declined interview requests, but sources close to the situation say that his frustration stemmed from the fact that the Blues have put pressure on him to play better without taking into account that he doesn’t believe the two surgeries on his left shoulder were done properly by club doctors. “I don’t know if he’s even explained why he’s asked for a trade, but I was definitely surprised.” “You can never predict something like this is going to happen,” Hull said.

Louis in 2010.īut first, the fellow star admitted being surprised by Tarasenko’s trade request. He’s both experienced the adoration and endured the criticism, and perhaps making him even more qualified to speak on the subject, he’s watched Tarasenko’s career unfold from the start in St. 4 in NHL history.įrom the perspective of a pure goal scorer, Hull can relate to Tarasenko as much as anyone who’s ever played for the Blues. But in 1998, amid differences with the organization, he signed a free-agent contract with Dallas and went on to win the Stanley Cup twice - one with Dallas and another with Detroit. Hull, 57, became a franchise icon in his 11 seasons with the Blues, scoring 527 of his 741 regular-season goals in St. As expected, two of the more blunt professional athletes the city has ever seen were honest with their assessments. The Athletic reached out to Brett Hull and Chris Pronger to get their thoughts on Tarasenko’s trade request, why his career with the Blues went sideways and what happens from here.

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