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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
What is the deal with Tkachuk this year. I can't believe he's only on pace for about 60 points. He didn't look great last night but still generated a lot of opportunities and was involved in the offensive action. What's the reason for low production? Just bad luck? Not healthy?
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I'm going with bad luck. He still looks great out there to me except for the not scoring part. Saw him stick his butt out a number of times to protect the puck effectively (though I did see him try that with Weegar and Weegar got the puck loose leading to a Flames player picking it up), caused enough chaos on their first goal around the crease and lots of solid board work where he comes out with the puck or gets it to a teammate effectively. Numbers aren't there right now, but it'll come.