The fact that he plays like a 28 year old veteran, and he's only 19 is just awesome. I remember wanting so bad to get Jesse PullyourRV at the draft and Tkachuk was the consolation prize. Oilers fans can gloat that we laughed at them for taking Draisatl before Bennett, but now we can laugh that they took JP before Tkachuk. And definitely point fingers and laugh at the Canucks.
Locke is right in that he's the type of player I was hoping Bennett would/will become. And to a certain extent Ferland. I remember Ferland was scouted as a #### disturber, but you don't see much of that in him other then his physical play. Tkachuk is just a turd demon and I can easily see why other teams will/do hate him. He's such a jerk. But he's OUR jerk. Finally we have an ####### jerk on our team.
It's going to be a sad day when he inevitably has some kind of slump like Monahan, JG or Bennett had recently and everyone turns on him...Just kidding, he's awesome! High end skill, with a jerk face playing style and his Father mentoring him. Just...awesome!!
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