10 games for Witkowski is not a punishment for Detroit; 1 game for Tkachuk is. Witkowski is a 27 year old whose lifetime NHL stats are 63 games, 0 goals, 4 assists, 97 pm. He's more often a scratch than not; probably a lot of the next 10 he wouldn't be playing anyway.
After this year, from what I hear, Tkachuk's brushes with league discipline will be overshadowed by what his brother will do. Maybe Flames should try to draft him as well, and just bring him up from junior to play against Detroit next season on a line with big brother...
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