Speculation: Where is Matthew Tkachuk?

[batting1k]

1 goal in 9 games and does not look like himself? What’s going on?

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[Jean Luc Discard]

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1 goal in 9 games and does not look like himself? What’s going on?

Got rich, quit tryin'.

 

[ShootIt]

Might need a change of scenery. There's a winger in Calgary who scored 115 points a few years back that could be a good swap.

 

[Mogo]

Wish our reporters would ask is he still feeling the injury because he's not throwing any hits

 

[16Skippy]

Either still injured or snake bitten. He's getting a bunch of shots per game, more than last year even. But his shooting % is 4.3. Nothing to worry about, the goals will come.

 

[82Ninety42011]

I'd worry if he's still missing after another ten games but everyone has a bad streak here and there. I wouldn't be too worried he will find his game soon enough he's too good of a player.

 

[RJMA]

Playing injured. Proving how tough and, ironically, team first he is. Broke his sternum. But sure, come back early and be a fraction of yourself. Idiot.

 

[Felidae]

Playing injured. Proving how tough and, ironically, team first he is. Broke his sternum. But sure, come back early and be a fraction of yourself. Idiot.

Whether he's playing injured is speculation at this point.

 

[BeezKnees]

9 pts in 10 games. What a Shakespearean Greek tragedy!

Give him a minute.



edit: butchered the 'wolf of wall street' reference

 

[Cats2TheCup]

He’ll be what he do when Benny get back. The shots is there. The man’s might be adjusting to scar tissue wiggling around in his chest or build back confidence in his body. Heck, maybe it do still hurt. They is no reason to think he won’t get better. My bad for brevity, typing from phone, must spitfire.

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

There's no way he's healthy. I watched a lot of the Flames 2 years ago when they had that insane line with Gaudreau and Tkachuk, and obviously I watched every Panthers game last year. He looks like he's at maybe 80%.

Like, the production isn't there, but he's creating a ton of scoring chances. The entire team except for Reinhart is having a problem finishing this season. We'll see what happens.

 

[Felidae]

Wasn't sure where to post this but I wanted to share this highlight video of Tkachuk in the first 3 rounds of last year's run.

There are a lot of plays included that ultimately didn't result in goals. I think y'all will like it



And since I don't want this to be completely unrelated to the topic... Tkachuk is nowhere near as engaged physically as he usually is. Granted this was playoffs, but I think the point still stands.

Ultimately, I'm not too worried about Tkachuk, as even a snakebitten version of him is hovering around a PPG atm.

 

[FlaPanthers11]

In part, he’s hanging out with Barkov and Lundell

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

lol 14 posts already.

Reinhart cursed the rest of the team so he could have his contract year

 

[Chessarmy]

He’ll be fine

 

[pantherbot]

lol 14 posts already.

Reinhart cursed the rest of the team so he could have his contract year

I think that's 3 posts...but I think Tkachuk will be fine, doesn't look healthy.

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

I think that's 3 posts...but I think Tkachuk will be fine, doesn't look healthy.

I meant the team as a whole

 

[KW]

Notably Kulikov still has 0 posts. Then again, to be honest, he hasn’t been even close to a post.

 

[sinDer]

I'm not concerned since he's clearly not at 100%.

On the other hand, I'm a little bit concerned about how long will it take for him to be 100% if he keeps playing.

I know we already have many injuries. But wouldn't be better to have him misses a 12-15 games and have him at 100% for the rest of the season instead of having him at 80% for 82 games?

He still has 10 points in 11 games though. It tells a lot about how good he is.

 

[austropanther]

Should change the thread title to "Where is Bennett?", more worrisome topic

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

I'm not concerned since he's clearly not at 100%.

On the other hand, I'm a little bit concerned about how long will it take for him to be 100% if he keeps playing.

I know we already have many injuries. But wouldn't be better to have him misses a 12-15 games and have him at 100% for the rest of the season instead of having him at 80% for 82 games?

He still has 10 points in 11 games though. It tells a lot about how good he is.

Some injuries just need time more than bed rest / rehab to heal properly. As long as he doesn't aggravate things, it should be fine.

 

[FrolikFan67]

Just like with everyone else, I’m not going to judge anyone too harshly on offense until our D is healthy. Having Bennett will obviously be a big boost for them too. Should play Verhaeghe and tkachuk with Barkov in the meantime

 

[Ghoste]

The other thread got closed but Benny is moving around pretty good via Max Ivanov’s IG story.

It would be great to see all three at next Friday’s Ducks game. Haha

 

[Felidae]

Just like with everyone else, I’m not going to judge anyone too harshly on offense until our D is healthy. Having Bennett will obviously be a big boost for them too. Should play Verhaeghe and tkachuk with Barkov in the meantime

Idk, not sure I wanna break up that first line. The Barkov - Reinhart - Rodriguez line is our most consistent offensive threat and overall best line most games.

I know we wanna get Verhaeghe and Tkachuk going, but if we put them with Barkov that 2nd line will be even more unbalanced. Rodriguez - - Reinhart with Lundell or Luo.... I mean, pairing our hottest goalscorer with 2 offensive duds is a good way to kill his hotstreak.

Besides, Tkachuk is starting to pick it up offensively and physically.

 

[FrolikFan67]

Idk, not sure I wanna break up that first line. The Barkov - Reinhart - Rodriguez line is our most consistent offensive threat and overall best line most games.

I know we wanna get Verhaeghe and Tkachuk going, but if we put them with Barkov that 2nd line will be even more unbalanced. Rodriguez - - Reinhart with Lundell or Luo.... I mean, pairing our hottest goalscorer with 2 offensive duds is a good way to kill his hotstreak.

Besides, Tkachuk is starting to pick it up offensively and physically.

Yeah thankfully the Rodrigues-Barkov-Reinhart has been fantastic so far, so I don’t mind not breaking them up. I just figured Verhaeghe-Barkov-Tkachuk would make a hell of a line until bennett is back and obviously luostarinen-Lundell-Reinhart have had continuity for the past couple years.

Either way, they’re getting it done as a team right now. 7-2-1 in our past 10 games and top-10 in the league in points per game percentage. And despite only 2 goals, tkachuk still has 11pt in 12 games and probably not even 100% right now, which is incredible all things considered