One thing that is lost in all this, Tkachuk was hitting Kassian. Not McAvi. Not Rai. Not RNH.
He was hitting Kassian. Who, by his own admission, loves that part of the game.
The people in Edmonton and even some in the media say maybe Edmonton should target Johnny. That is not the same. That is not apples to apples. If Edmonton wants revenge, feel free to target Lucic. Or hey, feel free to target Tkachuk. He doesn’t care. If they target Tkachuk, he is getting what he wants. He is getting Edmotnon off their game.
But to say that because your skill guy hit our tough guy, we are going to target your skill guy - that is Edmonton being Edmonton.
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