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Originally Posted by Inferno
Hopefully Tkachuk learned a lesson. Don't get into unnecessary fights in the playoffs.
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I don't agree.
The biggest problem this team has had over the years is a lack of emotional engagement. Tkachuk is doing what he thinks is best after a player openly threatened one of ours in the media. Klingberg should have been suspended for what he said, just like Benn should have been suspended for flew-footing/trying to poke out Mangiapane's eye.
I think there is entirely too much negativity directed towards Tkachuk. Yeah, I think he likely learned some lessons in this run - but by in large the dude had his best playoff run to date.
I generally think there's too much negativity towards players who play on the edge in this market. We need more players like that.
Hell, we pay $5.25M for a gentle giant who does nothing for the team - but for some reason he's loved and gets cheered every time he touches the puck...but we turn negativity towards a winger who stands up for his teammates and scored 100+ points. The stupidity in this is incredible.
Tkachuk is a beast. Love that guy, and hope he's here long term.