Tkachuk tried to move on, but the Toronto media kept asking him questions about it today:
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl...sian-1.5429741
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Matthew Tkachuk tried to pour cold water on his feud with Zack Kassian.
It didn't really work.
After not speaking to reporters following Wednesday's practice, the Calgary Flames' star winger and resident agitator made it clear some 24 hours later he once again wouldn't be answering questions concerning the continued fallout from Saturday's heated game with the Edmonton Oilers.
"We're not talking about them right now," Tkachuk said Thursday morning ahead of his team's matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs. "We play them sometime after [the all-star] break.
"You guys can ask us then."
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While clearly not wanting to add fuel to the smoldering embers, the 22-year-old Tkachuk danced around four separate questions Thursday morning as media members in one of hockey's biggest markets tried to probe how far he was willing to go on the topic.
"I don't let anything distract me," he said of being the centre of attention. "I just focus on what I have to focus on, what the team has to focus on."
Tkachuk is well-versed in getting under the skin of opponents — he's had plenty of run-ins with Los Angeles Kings defenceman Drew Doughty — and this is no different.
"I don't listen to outside noise," he said. "We just go along with our business."
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