Tkachuk living rent free... in his own head?
Seriously though, I think we're seeing some growing pains -- playing with Backlund and someone like Frolik for so many years, he always knew he had help defensively. He hasn't meshed as well with Lindholm and is probably putting a lot of pressure on himself (as evidenced by some of his quotes earlier in the year). With Darryl on board he's probably still getting comfortable with the direct nature of Darryl's style, playing fast, and being hard on pucks (which isn't really his strong suit IMO).
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