Also, really glad Tkachuk had a good start to the series tonight. He probably had the most to prove out of anyone in the line up going into game 1. Had a feeling Tkachuk would make a much bigger impact because the Oilers’ team is built nothing the Stars.
Think Tkachuk is at his best when he can play big. But it’s hard to do that against such a large and heavy Stars lineup. It’s basically all one and dones; so you just end up skating back and forth, back and forth which is 100% not his game.
Against a smaller line up like Oilers however, Tkachuk can check better, cycle more, get to the net more often and gain a lot of offensive zone time which is 100% his game.
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