I am deeply in the camp of no Tkachuks. Fat Keith was by far the worst big money playoff player the franchise has ever had. I think he needed and needs all the money to buy food. The Blues had to ship out Pronger because Tkachuk's massively dead weight ass (he made back then FAR more than any Blue makes today, not even adjusted) was too expensive to afford both and only one was a free agent. He took the most selfish penalty I've ever seen. Game 2 of the Sharks series in 2004 and the Blues had lost an extremely close 1-0 OT nailbiter in Game 1. Blues are down a goal with 2 minutes to play and Tkachuk takes about four extra strides to drill Scott Hannan after he'd dumped the puck two seconds prior. Instead of a chance to tie that critical game, he and his 10 million dollars a year decided to attend to his own pique in that moment. Just an unbelievably terrible leader. I can still see his choking breakaway in Game 7 in 2003. He never had a point in a Game 7 of course. Had over a season's worth of playoff games in his career and showed up in about three of them. Scored the most meaningless junk time playoff goals whenever he saw the scoresheet. If you needed the third goal in a 6-0 Game 1 blowout, Keith was your guy. I want no Tkachuks in Blues uniforms. Give them cash so they can eat well while they're scouting. They need it to buy all that Michelob Ultra.
