Not going to happen. He turned 18 in December, and he was a rookie on the hottest line in the OHL, playing alongside two of the OHL's best.
He might have the mass, but its not fair to say his game is NHL ready. I think the Drasaitl analogy is great. Drasaitl was rushed and then eventually put down into juniors, even after a year was burnt. Tkachuk might go into the dirty areas in juniors, but he's only 6'1", which isn't big in the NHL
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