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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I'm not sure I'd characterise Matthew Tkachuk as a power forward. His game isn't about bowling guys over or fighting. And it distracts from the fact his main qualities are vision and hockey IQ, which are already NHL elite.
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I don't know if these are the primary criteria of the definition. To my mind a power forward is most succinctly defined as a high skilled forward with size and strength. Fighting is certainly not something that I have ever considered integral to the position, and while Tkachuk may not "bowl guys over" he is extremely difficult already to separate from the puck and to contain.
He is big, strong, highly skilled, and also with a very high hockey IQ: he is the best kind of power forward to have.