The 23 year old Russian stud doesn't like nicknames much, so just call him Vladi because he's awesome.
Via STL Post Dispatch Blues beat writing soldier Jeremy Rutherford this morning, Vladimir Tarasenko doesn't care for all the nicknames associated with him. I don't blame him. As a player, you'd like to hear your name screamed loud and not some generic sounding, "Get em TANK!"
Fans can't help themselves when it comes to new players and nicknames. It's like getting a pet and having to rummage through the cool names file and see if everyone took the Lord of The Rings cast names yet.