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Originally Posted by Flaming Homer
I like that Tkachuk gets him to take stupid penalties. But I do hope that one day he does throw down with him. Turtling is a pretty bad look. Ecspecially to the same guy twice. If your going to play the kind of game Tkachuk does then you have to be prepared to answer for it from time to time.
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Complete BS. You need to answer for your transgressions, nothing else. He does not have to throw with a waste of space Kassian for legal hits.
That’s also part of the problem if you want to go all “code” about this (which I actually don’t think there’s even code breaking going on). The Oilers keep trying to get him to go with Kassian. I guarantee, let’s say McD or Drai we’re playing the role of Chuky in reverse, that it wouldn’t be Lucic firing punches at either of them when it’s time to pay the piper so to speak. It would be Gio, or Anderson or something forcing a fight in that situation. He can yammer on about his 13 goals but Kassian is a 4th line plug. Chuky is one of our best players, he doesn’t need to step up and fight a goon, especially for clean hits. If they really want Chuky to dance up North so badly, send a more appropriate dance partner his way.