The silver lining about Tkachuk is that his concussion happened at the end of the season and they were out of the playoff picture so there wasn't a need/ pressure to rush him back into the lineup. He had lots of time to recover and now he has all summer to continue recovering. The more time you can avoid any impact, post concussion is a good thing.
I think with Smith's comment, he was implying that, before he got injured they were still in the thick of things. With his absence they really started sputtering and he felt a lot of pressure to comeback into the lineup and be the Smith from the first half of the year where he more less carried the team to success
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