Tkachuk is a prominent face and personality but hockey-wise he was frustrating.
Tried the same move endlessly, would have break out games only after you were frustrated by how quiet he had been, and fought at very poor times when it would set the team back. Also when stones were thrown at him I.e. Kassian/Doughty/Muzzin, he would make a fuss but never answered on the ice. You expected a big game from him but once a player was under his skin he would disappear in the games.
These are things you only really pick up on watching him for 82 as a fan. He does a lot of good things quietly, but I never found him to be a very gratifying player to follow. The clean hits on kassian and his antics in that one Detroit game with all the suspensions were some of the few moments where I really appreciated his pest side. But they're more infrequent than most outside fans would think.
He has many more quiet games in him than #### disturber games.
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