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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Alright boys. Wanna judge for yourselves whether Tkachuk was riding coattails on his line or not? Someone on HF linked a video of all of Mitch Marner's points and Tkachuk obviously figures heavily into these highlights. It's actually the best highlight video of Tkachuk that you can find just due to the sheer amount of plays he's involved with even though he doesn't figure into every highlight. Some very pretty goals, some very pretty passes. And then you have him crashing the net or making plays from behind the net on a lot of the rest.
Marner is #93, Tkachuk is #7, Dvorak is #10, Juolevi is #4, Max Jones is #49. Judge for yourselves if you have the time.
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I'm trying to keep in mind that this is Marner's video, so Tkachuk isn't the focus, but to be honest, this video doesn't really dispel concerns that Tkachuk's numbers are inflated by playing with Marner and Dvorak. I would say that on the majority of those highlights the play was driven by Marner, or Marner and Dvorak.
That isn't to say that Tkachuk is mediocre or not a first round pick or anything, but I do not think that it is unreasonable to wonder if he would be considered a top 5 pick if he played in a different situation.
My opinion is about as amateur as it gets since I have only seen Tkachuk at the WJC's and in highlights, but if the Flames don't win the lottery I am hoping that they select Pierre Luc Dubois. He's got a hell of a one-timer and I like how he drives to the net with the puck.
(Actual highlights start at 3:56)