Vladimir Tarasenko on Danila Yurov’s first NHL season and what he thinks of him:
"It was exciting for me getting to know him at first. Second, he's from the same country, and we had a lot of time talking. I tried to help him as much as I can to adjust because I remember it's very hard to change not only the style of play, because I feel like this is what most people will talk about, you know, the NHL and KHL, but overall, change the country different, mindset different, different rules. When I came in, I don't have any Russian guys who was older than me, who was maybe able to help me, but I got taken care of by the North American guys very well, so I can't complain at that time. Not only me, I think all Russians tried to help him as much as we can, and personally, I would just share some stuff I was going through. He's a very well-raised, very polite young gentleman who is very nice to be around. He was willing to learn, which is not very rare right now, but it's kind of not everybody willing to do this, taking advice and actually trying it and seeing if it's gonna work. I'm very happy to get him know better this year and I'm very excited about him, as you see during the year and even in the playoffs, he played with way more confidence than at the beginning of the year. I think the biggest part is he's always competing. He'll never get scared of taking a hit or something. He always battling for a puck and he's a very smart, intelligent player."
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