I would love to hear Matthew Tkachuk's honest opinion about whether or not he left it all out on the ice tonight as this team's highest paid player and alternate captain. And if he didn't, why not and will he ever do it again for this franchise or this coach?
Everything about his on ice performance tonight is diametrically opposed to the way that he described himself and his game in the off-season and the early parts of this season. I am trying hard to not evaluate a player too much based on this weird season, but I'm also very concerned that he has badly lost his way as a player. He was fantastic last season and I don't even recognize that player in his current game.
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