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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
I think it's Giordano for the exact same reasoning.
Defensemen play more minutes and there's only half as many of them.
Tkachuk is also a top line LW to boot.
Norris winners are generally top 10 players in the league.
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Tkachuk isn't quite ready to drive the offense for 40 games, if Tkachuk is counted on to be the top producer he'll be shut down most nights IMO.
We have other defenseman that can step in and play 85-90% of what Gio does to weather the storm