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Originally Posted by IrishSpring2013
He's not producing at an elite clip, he has seven points in nine games. Which is fantastic but this is game at his best. Not elite. I think he has all the tools to be elite but not the toolbox. McDavid, McKimmon etc who are producing at more than a PPG, not less, are elite.
This isn't a major criticism of Sam, and I think he should've been developed better (mainly at center) but it's obvious from watching him vs junior his game hasn't full moved to this level and I think hockey IQ is the major reason why. I'm totally okay with the fact he's a middle six player who raises his game in the offseason, just sucks we drafted him to be elite.
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He's doing it in 15 minutes of ice time a night while players who have produced at a similar or better rate are playing 18-26 minutes a night.
That's pretty damn good. I think he's earned the opportunity to play up the line-up with better players (like Looch, Dube, maybe Tkachuk). Give him an honest chance at establishing himself as a producing centre.
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
The biggest risk with tkachuk has already been made: walking him to free agency with a 10m qualifying offer and 1 year arbitration rights.
The dye has already been cast folks.
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Yeah - can we sit back and acknowledge just how awful that Tkachuk bridge actually is? The fact that Treliving didn't shovel Frolik in the off-season to create the needed cap-space is an absolute joke. He then deals Frolik and goes up and down in the media talking about how he did this to create cap-space to improve the team...and then turns around and whips picks out on players who don't move the needle. Tree has gone from cold streak to just flat out not performing at an acceptable level over the last 12 months. He needs to be better.