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Originally Posted by GoJetsGo
Still way too early to be asserting this. This was his first game against NHLers and he started slow but looked good in the end.
No need to be making determinations when there's so much time left to see how he looks based on a much bigger sample size.
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Yeah. Tkachuk was essentially on the top line (i.e. getting the hardest minutes), and that line dominated. Granted, the best that Oilers squad had to throw at them ain't much, but still.
He's a quietly effective player (as is Brouwer). He's not flash and dash like Gaudreau and Bennett. He's the axle grease that makes a line tick.
I think whether he sticks will depend on how his 200' game looks against NHL squads. I think he'll get 9 games to show it.