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Originally Posted by pepper24
When Tkachuk isn't involved and not playing well his skating really stands out. Terrible skater.
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He was a really good pick at 6th overall but you can understand why teams ahead of the Flames passed on him as he's one of the slowest skaters in the league and isn't a factor in the transition game. I'm sure he works on it all the time but it's just not improving and if he's slow at 23 I imagine he's going to be slower in his late 20's. It's why I would rather trade him than sign him to a 7-8 year contract as I see him following a similar trend in his career to Jason Allison.