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Originally Posted by Table 5
How is Tkachuk in terms of pure goal scoring? I admittedly haven't seem him much, but whenever I see hilights, he always comes across to me as primarily a playmaker, which, BPA reasoning aside, Im not sure really fills a huge hole for us considering our roster of young guys. I think we already have a couple of great playmakers on this team (Gaudreau and Brodie), some all-around solid forwards (Monahan/Bennett), but we're missing that shoot-first sniper up front.
For me ideally this year we draft the guy Gaudreau can consistently feed for 35-40 goals a year. I see the two Finns filling that slot of course, but I'm hoping that guy would be available at 5 as well.
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I think Tkachuk can definitely finish from what I've read/seen. He loves being in around the crease. I think his power forward style would compliment on our top two lines quite nicely if we can't land a Finn.
I disagree that he doesn't fill a hole because we badly, badly lack skilled wingers with size and that is exactly what Tkachuk is. Wouldn't surprise if we picked him that we play him on the off side as a RWer. I think he fits our needs quite well although not quite as ideally as the Finns.