K.McC#24 wrote on Wed, 24 February 2021 14:46

Has Tkachuk been effective against the Oilers since he turtled against Kassian? Probably not. Sometimes these guys need to be exposed and humiliated. Come to think of it, Kassian hasn't really been effective since then either. LOL. Roussel will probably take some abuse anyway. Maybe Petersson should too. I think if the game's out of reach, something overtly bad happening to Roussel would be ok. It'd be worth a $5k fine since that's the bar set by Parros . Dare to dream.

I thought Tkachuk was possibly their best player on the weekend (44+ mins, 0-1-1, 10 shots, 8 hits). Definitely spent a lot of time holding on to and harassing McDavid and Draisaitl (which is very annoying not to see called - is there any other sports league on the planet where they are so happy to ignore flagrant offences against the game's star players?) I don't get the sense that he's scared - although I think his team may be tired with the drama around that player and it may be causing some issues - similarly to how the Canucks got with Burrows and Kesler after a while.

It can be really effective to play that way, but it gets exhausting and if you go through any significant downturn, it's easy to see that person as more of a sideshow.

[Updated on: Wed, 24 February 2021 15:10]

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