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Originally Posted by BigJim
Serious question here. As I haven't seen Tkachuk play and only know what people have been saying about him, on here and elsewhere, can someone tell me how he is different that Greg Nemisz, the last power forward the Flames drafted from a really good junior team? Nemisz was a monumental bust and some have said Tkachuk is over-rated because of this fact, but he seems to be described as having great hands and vision for a power guy. Anyone with insight on this?
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I would say Tkachuk's greatest assets are his offensive awareness and hockey IQ. These things were Nemisz's greatest weaknesses. This is part of the reason that Tkachuk had almost twice the points per game that Nemisz had.
At the end of the day, I'd say Nemisz had more attributes that set him into checking roles. Tkachuk is an actual offensive power forward.