Player Discussion What is wrong with Tkachuk as of late?
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Lunatik
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MonyontheMoney
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GAMO1992
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If he wants as much money as I'm sure he's gonna ask, he better do better than he is now. Hasn't been effective as Es whatsoever since the new year.
Ace Rimmer
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Good guy Tkachuk, slows down his play to take a more team-friendly contract.
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He hasn't passed the eye test this season to me. The points are there because he has natural talent, stuff you can't teach, but I liked him more last season.
Treliving needs to tread carefully with his next contract. At this point, a bridge might be the right move
Treliving needs to tread carefully with his next contract. At this point, a bridge might be the right move
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These sound like two guys we can trade Tkachuk for. Do we have to add?
Johnny Hoxville
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When Tkachuk gets 4pts next game I’m gonna start a thread why he’s been the Flames MVP.
Seriously though I think he’s been banged up for about 6 weeks.
Seriously though I think he’s been banged up for about 6 weeks.
Anglesmith
Setting up the play?
In the long run, this is good for the team. He's not an $8M player (neither is Draisaitl) and it won't do the Flames any favours to sign him to that kind of deal.
I don’t think anything is wrong with him. He’s a very young, talented player who was produced at an extremely high, unsustainable shooting percentage, early in the season. Expecting him to jump from a 40/50 point player, at 20, to a PPG+ player, without few setbacks, is pretty unrealistic.
We have this thread and nobody is talking about Neal still...ugh.
Monahan played through a broken hand last year. Tkachuk isn’t sitting for anything less lol
Everyone knows he's not producing and it isn't acceptable. I get that he "looks good", but he's on pace for some ugly point totals. If you want to make a thread, go on ahead.
You're ragging on a young superstar in a slump was more my point. The same poster who thinks we lost last night because of Smith after Rittich completely shit the bed.
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Maybe because Neal was a direct part of both goals we scored in the previous game, and the game winner in a one goal game before that.
Neal has possibly outplayed Tkachuk in 2019.
It's worth discussing if there's some reason for Tkachuk's slump.
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Tkachuk has been total bunk since Christmas. Very obviously not playing up to his potential at the moment. Thought he was a lot better for stretches last year, but he also faded later on(concussion). Hopefully we're not seeing lingering effects of another one because that would definitely be worrisome heading into the spring. His stat line looks great but he's scored 21pts playing on that 1st unit and 27 even strength.
Been making frustrating reads in all three zones, passing up great shooting opportunities, and if he's thrown a hard meaningful bodycheck this year I'd be in trouble tying to recall it. He's also 21, so it could very easily be a lack of confidence and gone cold. Happens. I'm really not hating on the kid, love him as a player and hope Treliving gets him signed for 8 years this offsummer at a reasonable price. Just have higher expectations because I've seen what he can be. Same with Monahan tbh.
Been making frustrating reads in all three zones, passing up great shooting opportunities, and if he's thrown a hard meaningful bodycheck this year I'd be in trouble tying to recall it. He's also 21, so it could very easily be a lack of confidence and gone cold. Happens. I'm really not hating on the kid, love him as a player and hope Treliving gets him signed for 8 years this offsummer at a reasonable price. Just have higher expectations because I've seen what he can be. Same with Monahan tbh.
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Kind of hoping BP brings out the Billender against the Canucks Saturday. What really is the harm in trying something else. That's why you have depth.
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I'm a big Tkachuk fan. I think he'll be fine, points wise I wouldn't worry too much. His hand eye is one of the best I can remember seeing.
He's a little slow for today's NHL which is a little worrying, but I wouldn't worry about him slumping. If anything it helps reduce his contract. You don't wanna have to pay him $9 mil plus.
He'll snap out, he's a good player. Don't stress
He's a little slow for today's NHL which is a little worrying, but I wouldn't worry about him slumping. If anything it helps reduce his contract. You don't wanna have to pay him $9 mil plus.
He'll snap out, he's a good player. Don't stress
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Yeah, definitely slow, but if it was a real issue we'd have seen it already. He's probably in the bottom quartile of skaters, but his brain, strength, and hands are good enough that I don't know that he'll ever be "too slow".
