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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Those are pretty good numbers for a guy who spent the first 4 years playing on the second line with Backlund and Frolik. He scored 35 one season playing with those guys, but people act like scoring 40 on the first line with other top line players is a one time thing he'll never do again.
Also, a power forward is a term used to describe a "player who can physically carry the puck to the front of the net." All the other things like big hits and fighting and heavy board play are nice-to-have qualities, but they predominantly belong to other roles, such as checkers, enforcers and grinders. In terms of offensive roles, there are perimeter distributors (playmakers), net drivers (power forwards) and finishers (snipers). Matthew Tkachuk is probably a 10%/70%/20% distribution of those three roles, making him a power forward by designation.
There is a lot of revisionist garbage going on in this thread. Chucky put up 35 goals and 77pts playing on the second line with Backlund and Frolik. I think he's going to be just fine playing on Florida's top line with Barkov and Reinhart.
And yeah, you guys got me. I thought he was 23, but I guess he's 24. Joke's on me there!
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I have never said he was bad or anything other than very good
its 9.5M superstar stud I'm not 100% sold on
Just pointing out this isn't the first time people have had concerns about Tkachuk's skating or said that his is over rated on CP...long before any thought of trades or not signing.
I think if you go back there were a lot of posters concerned about the 9M qualifying offer when he signed the last deal.