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Originally Posted by tvp2003
How's this for non-politics -- do you think Tkachuk was well liked in the dressing room in Calgary?
He's saying all the right things now (how excited he is to be in Florida, how its the perfect place for him etc), and while some of that is just for media, I bet there is some truth to it as well. Looking back, I don't remember seeing him in any photos with his teammates (like at Christmas parties, etc), and I'm not sure who else he would be that "tight" with as the single American guy, son of a millionaire, never played in the AHL with any of the other prospects coming up, etc.
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I have a feeling he was tolerated but not buddies with anyone, and some actively resented how he’d drag them into scrums when nothing bad was really happening.
I remember once during the Gatorade Line days he got in on a scoring play and wanted the Gatorade squirt from Gaudreau. He got it but Gaudreau kinda looked like “no that’s OUR thing”.