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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Do people still think Matthew Tkachuk is captain material? You never saw Iginla or Gio go through the motions over the course of a season practicing minor league trick plays. Seems to be a bit of Phaneuf in this guy.
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Yes.
The team is clearly having a really bad season. You dont judge a players abilities on a 24 game segment.
You wouldnt have asked this last year, or the year before, or the year before that.
He didn't just forget how to play and what he does that has made him successful. Nothing is working for the whole group. He is part of that group.
Other players have a history of disappearing so its fair to question them and what they are going forward. Way to premature to write off a 23 year old that is one of the few guys actually producing this season.