Tkachuk has the size to be able to play in the NHL right now. What exactly would putting him back to juniors do exactly? He has already won the Memorial Cup and got the game winner. He has nothing to learn from Juniors, he dominated last year. His mistakes are because he is a rookie in the NHL where junior moves or antics do not work as well. How is sending him in the juniors help him on that front? He wont get those out of his game there.
He needs to play with the big boys (as he has shown he is physically able to), and learn from his junior mistakes the hard way. He got benched last night after taking a stupid offensive penalty. The prefered place may be the AHL, but he is not elligible. NHL as a 3rd liner until he gets comfortable is the perfect place for him. Both Monahan and Gaudreau started the exact same way
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