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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I actually don't care. I dislike the core of this team so much that there's not a single player I would be sad to see go. I've never been as much a fan of Tkachuk as most here as to me he's a bit of a fraud in that he supposedly wants to win worse than anyone on the team yet he's never picked up his game when it matters, is constantly a distraction with his unsavory antics, and for a guy that you would expect to be trying to do anything to win he sure uses a lot of a lot of selfish "hey look at me" between the legs passes and shots that go absolutely nowhere.
There's that saying about players like this that everyone hates him but would love to have him on their team. I don't really like having a player like this on my team. If he wants out then good riddance.
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Harsh, but not too far off my thoughts. I’ve always thought his after whistle stuff was, in large part, performative and/or a response to his personal feelings getting hurt as opposed to team concerns. I know a lot of people have complained that he was told to tone it down or whatever was actually said. But put yourself in a linemates skates - it’s one thin g to stand up for a team mate who got cheap shotted but do you really want to get into scraps and face washes with hulking defencemen every stoppage because Chuckie decided to take three extra whacks at a goalie? I think their message was for him to pick his spots and not do it every single time - it wears thin. And for all the “he gets in opponents heads” claims, it sure seems like the other team gets in his head just as much.