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schteve_d · 08-05-2022, 10:08 PM

I can say it now. I'm glad Tkachuk is gone. I just never really warmed up to him. I found him hard to defend against other team's fan's pestering. He was a bit like Phaneuf to me; full of himself, over-hyped and always came across as kind of a dbag.

I'm not likening him to Kane but sometimes you get a player on your team that you just don't like and you feel the need to defend him anyway because he's "one of yours". I'm sure some Oiler fans are doing that now. Again, he's not the same, but I hated when the Flames signed Bertuzzi and Marchment. I get the "crest on the front, not the name on the back" stuff, but I still want to like the players, or my impression of the players, that I cheer for.

I already know that I'm going to like Huberdeau much more than I ever did Tkachuk.

08-05-2022, 10:08 PM	#3063
schteve_d First Line Centre Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Fort McMurray, AB Exp:	I can say it now. I'm glad Tkachuk is gone. I just never really warmed up to him. I found him hard to defend against other team's fan's pestering. He was a bit like Phaneuf to me; full of himself, over-hyped and always came across as kind of a dbag. I'm not likening him to Kane but sometimes you get a player on your team that you just don't like and you feel the need to defend him anyway because he's "one of yours". I'm sure some Oiler fans are doing that now. Again, he's not the same, but I hated when the Flames signed Bertuzzi and Marchment. I get the "crest on the front, not the name on the back" stuff, but I still want to like the players, or my impression of the players, that I cheer for. I already know that I'm going to like Huberdeau much more than I ever did Tkachuk.