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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
If he misses significant time, you will be eating crow on this one. There were many, many games last season that Tkachuk dragged the Flames into battle when they needed a boost. Make no mistake, this guy is now part of the lifeblood of the Flames and is one of the few players who brings it physically and emotionally nearly every time he suits up.
Aside from Gio, Backlund, Hamonic and possibly Bennett, there is nobody else who comes consistently close to his level of compete on the roster. There's certainly nobody else who can come close to replacing his production at this time either.
It's a brutal situation for the team and player. No sense in minimizing it.
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Well guess who is slotting in to Tkachuk’s spot right now.
The guy who played well with Backlund and Frolik as a rookie but got deployed in bottom 6 by Gulutzan
Look at the Flames first PP unit. 5 guys all with over 20 PP points . Tkachuk wasn’t the primary focus or lifeblood of the PP, he was one of those 5 that all got points
Do you think that if they slot Bennett on the PP1 in his spot that all of the other guys get their 20 plus points but Bennett doesn’t?
We all like Tkachuk. But deployment of players does affect their production