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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
...If I were a Flames fan I'd be happy to have Tkachuk on the team. That's because he's an elite forward and you can't just go out and get a new one from the elite forward supermarket, unless you are the Rangers. At the same time I'd still think he plays like an idiot and I'd be rooting for him to turn down the antics...
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I think he has though, hasn’t he? Tkachuk was suspended twice in his rookie season, but I don’t recall any League discipline since then. And while he plays on the edge, agitates opposing players and will from time to time make a questionable hit, I never get the sense that he is a reckless or dangerous player. Unlike Marchand, Perry or Nazem Kadri who all have a history of willfully injuring other players I don’t see Tkachuk ever doing stupid things like this—not since his dirty elbow on Doughty. And he has never caused wilful damage like that moron Darnell Nurse did when he attacked Roman Polak, or like what Kassian did on Saturday night.
Tkachuk is still a damn easy player to cheer for. And so long as his really keen sense of where the line is from one game to the next doesn’t change, then he will continue to be a really easy guy to cheer for.