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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Sutter had a lot of praise for Tkachuk as an elite talent in terms of his hands and his skills in front of the net, but I don't recall him ever talking up Tkachuk for his abilities to get under opposition skin or stir things up. It seems quite plausible to me that Tkachuk’s idea of how he should play the game and Sutter's idea of how he should play the game weren't fully aligned.
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Tkachuk is always more effective when he's not trying to stir #### up.
This regular season 95% of the time he wasn't doing as much of the extra curriculars, and he had his most impactful season.
Once the playoffs started he tried to be "Intangible" Tkachuk again, and he wasn't nearly as effective and likely hurt himself.
I hope he goes to Florida now and tries to stir #### up all the time - because then he won't be as effective.