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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
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.
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Good point. It will be interesting to see how he 'matures' over the next few years. Might be a great team leader, but might not be best choice to wear the C