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Originally Posted by Doctorfever
Some talk on these forums that Tkachuk is the future captain of this team. He is a great hockey player and leader on this team. I wonder how much his struggling game has affected the overall team performance since the all-star break.
Stats will show that the first line is the driver of this hockey team, and they are obviously a huge part of the teams success.
Just wondering what your take would be on this. Is Matthew Tkachuk SO valuable to this team that his personal success (or lack of in past 5 games) has had more of an impact to lack of team success than any other parts on the team.
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I was wondering if Johnny may be the future captain. He reportedly hates to lose more than anyone. He was captain in college too. Tkachuk is pretty strong willed in interviews, and frank when things aren’t great with the team. But Johnny is the engine of the team. A lot of Tkachuk’s points are on the PP with the top line.
Also Tkachuk may not be the top choice for the guy to talk to the refs on behalf of the team.
Johnny is also basically slumping at the same time.
I think the top line cooling off has been at least as much of a team challenge as Tkachuk.