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Originally Posted by Oilersfan05
Only half his time/point was with Barkov
Tkachuk is legit, no matter how people here love to deny it after the trade
Panthers is terrible because of the defense and Bob
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Says the guy who constantly trashed him in the GT when he played for the Flames. Nobody thinks he is a bad player, great player but he is a poor skater that might not age well but that is IMO.
I still say it was a ridiculous trade to make for a team that just won the presidents trophy and made it to the second round losing to an absolute beast of a team. Teams the Avs and Tampa themselves had a few dominant regular seasons followed by playoff chokes...you need to stick with it.
I know someone will say Tkachuk is younger well great...but they already went all in with draft picks and now they are gonna miss the playoffs (likely by a lot) No first for years, no way to supplement the team. Maybe they can build something by the time Tkachuk is 30 but I'm not sure how well his legs age.
They could have signed Weegar/Huberdeau for less than it cost Calgary and had 3 or 4 legit runs at it...honestly I think they miss Weegar the most.
When you have a 120 point team you run it until the wheels fall off IMO...playoff series are weird, don't gut your team over a bad week. Christ Tampa got swept by CBJ, they didn't panic and ended up with multiple cups.