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Originally Posted by Bingo
wow pleasantly surprised in this topic to see the differentiation between Fata and Tkaczuk by most. I've grown so tired of them being lumped together as busts.
On draft day I loved the Tkaczuk pick but hated the Fata selection ... and I never bother with rejigging my thinking to work hindsite.
Only issue with the article I had was the injury ... he took a Shane Doan skate to the head at the Saddledome, that was the turning point. I interviewed him in the dressing room after and he was really woozy.
That was the same day I interviewed Bure ... was odd as he was my height (6'). Looked down and he was wearing these crazy Gene Simmons KISS boots. Odd dude.
Tkaczuk would have been a solid third line center at worst if he didn't get derailed.
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Like a lot of young fans now as it relates to our recent 1st rounders, back when Fata and Tkaczuk were drafted, I thought they were both the best prospects in the world. I honestly liked both picks, but I didn't follow things as closely either.
Were all Tkachuk's concussion issues a result of freak incidents (like getting a skate to the head), or were any of them a result of just not being physically mature enough or a lack of NHL on-ice awareness?
The Flames were rushing a lot of prospects back then and I was just wondering if Tkachuk was at least partially a causalty of that.