Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Montreal Canadiens sun zana Tarasov a matsayin na 196 a cikin 1999 NHL Entry Draft
kuma bayan yanayi biyu tare da Metallurg Novokuznetsk ya sanya hannu kan kwangila a shekara ta 2001 kuma an sanya shi ga AHL da ke da alaƙa da Quebec Citadelles, amma ya buga wasanni 14 ne kawai na kakar wasa kuma ya koma Rasha a kakar wasa ta gaba, ya koma Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Ya kasance tare da ƙungiyar har zuwa 2006 inda ya sanya hannu don Salavat Yulaev Ufa.