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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Using McDavid and Draisaitl as examples is misleading to say the least. They don’t even try to play D.
I just don’t think Tkachuk is amazing at D and certainly not enough to anchor a line defensively, as proposed. He’s not a liability but he’s not Backlund or Lindholm. I think Ryan and Dube are better defensively as well.
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I love Dube as much as anyone and think he's gonna be a great two-way player, but he's got a long ways to go before he's a good defensive player. He had among the worst defensive metrics on the Flames last season.
Lindholm, Backlund and Ryan all had pretty good years defensively, but again, their numbers didn't quite match up to Tkachuk, who was simply great defensively.
All the numbers support Tkachuk being the Flames' best or one of their best defensive forwards. It's just fact. That's something to be happy about.