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Originally Posted by Mathgod
I was poking around in NST and was suprised when I saw this:
Chucky leading the team in 5v5 GF/60 over the past 2 seasons, and 2nd behind only Lindy if you look at this year's numbers. His other numbers such as GF% are pretty decent too. Maybe we (myself included) have been a bit hasty to pass judgement on him this year. |
I think it’s fair to be hard on Tkachuk this season, he has blown a boatload of chances this season in tight. I’m still mad at the deke meets post in Montreal last week. Wide open net, just needed to tuck it in and he blew it. He’s missed quite a few of those this season and he’s paid to finish. So I think it’s fair he gets his share of criticism because the rest of the stars on this team get dumped on regularly.
I will say this though, he’s been a big part of my 2 favorite lines over the past couple seasons. The Mangiapane-Backlund-Tkachuk line and the Gaudreau-Lindholm-Tkachuk line. So the common denominator has been Tkachuk in this case, so he’s still incredibly important to this team. He just needs to finish more and get that confidence up.
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