Tarasenko: 'No time to be sad' about Blues' coaching change

Vladimir Tarasenko is all business.

The St. Louis Blues' best and highest-paid player refuses to dwell on general manager Doug Armstrong's decision to fire head coach Ken Hitchcock and replace him with Mike Yeo.

"There is no time to be sad," Tarasenko said, according to Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "We have a game today. There is no reason to talk about it more."

Tarasenko, who carries a salary cap hit of $7.5 million through 2022-23, is certainly doing his part to help his team win, leading the Blues with 22 goals, 49 points, and 163 shots.

The Yeo era begins Thursday at home against Toronto, with St. Louis sitting outside the Western Conference playoff picture.