Dont care about the 9 games. Burning a year off the ELC isn't the worst thing, but burning an RFA year is a much bigger deal (which happens at...game 41?).
I believe Tkachuk stays up for now, and they see how he progresses through the next few months. He's shown he can be an impact at the NHL level, and just needs to learn how to do it on a consistent basis, which will be best served by keeping him at the NHL level in my eyes.
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