"Shout out to my fans in Calgary. You know I couldn't let Edmonton win." - Matthew Tkachuk, and other chirping of his
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Chips
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lol I love it. “Classless” often just means “fun”
A little light trolling, as well as a tip of the cap to his old city showing he truly loved them and wasn’t just giving lip service. Injected some personality / genuine passion
A little light trolling, as well as a tip of the cap to his old city showing he truly loved them and wasn’t just giving lip service. Injected some personality / genuine passion
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MCR74
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Tkachuk is giving the playbook on how not to be hated when you leave.
He was up front. Gave the team options and let them make a good trade (not his fault huby turned into a potato).
Marner should take notes if he wants to be MT or JT if he isn’t staying
He was up front. Gave the team options and let them make a good trade (not his fault huby turned into a potato).
Marner should take notes if he wants to be MT or JT if he isn’t staying
Flames franchise was just playing 4d chess to block the cup from going to Edmonton 
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thegazelle
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How not to be hated? Calgary booed Tkachuk when he returned and rightfully, so did the Isles fans with Tavares. I wouldn't hold Tavares as a standard on how to leave properly.
I do agree that with Tkachuk he does not deserve the hate as he was very transparent with his intentions, unlike Gaudreau. I do think fan ire in Calgary will wane over time towards Thachuk.
I do love these moments of raw emotion after the win. Didn't care for Ekblad using the f word when there are kids watching but to a degree it is understandable, like what Kadri said a couple of years back.
Tkachuk is the standard on how to leave properly. He gave notice with intention so that management could do something (not like Tavares, or even Gaudreau).
Tkachuk got booed when he came back, as would have been expected by any fanbase who had one of their biggest stars/best players return with another team the first time or two. On that note, in general, the Flames media, and most Flames fans still absolutely love Tkachuk. Florida basically became the Flames fans favourite team because of Tkachuk and Bennet.
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With 1G and 2A in the the seven games in the final, you kinda almost did Matthew.
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3 more points than McD had in the two most important games of his career and the same amount of points as Drai in the series (the second best player in the universe)
cowboy82nd
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Islander fans booed Tavares, because he told them that he was coming back and then signed with Toronto. Tavares lied. Tkachuk told them that he wasn't coming back so Calgary could get something for him. NOT comparable at all.
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What a f***ing heel.
Dude rules.
Dude rules.
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He was saying do you want to be Tkachuk OR Tavares. Chucky left properly, JT did not. I live in Calgary and almost no one has animosity towards Chucky. Most blame Gaudreau and some blame Huberdeau, or both.
thegazelle
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I wasn't agreeing with the comparison and even stated Tavares should NOT be held as a standard.
River Meadow
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Shame on Keith Tkachuk for raising such a disrespectful boy.
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Except for maybe honesty???
MCR74
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Not this again. Let it go. Jesus...
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Never happened.
Two completely different situations, Marner doesn't want to leave.
How can you not know this?
CanadienShark
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I don't hate it. It was a fun little jab. His team earned some bragging rights and he didn't actually insult anyone. I liked his postgame interview - he seemed overcome with emotion, but still well spoken and didn't come across as an asshole. Congrats again. He's a guy that teams love to hate. I wish my Sharks or Habs had a player like him.
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That's hilarious. Sports needs a little more gamesmanship like this now and again
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tbh though,
What did the flames ever do to him?
HE's the one who decided to jump ship. He wasn't traded away or anything like that.
He was drafted there, fans loved him, etc, and HE, decided to jump ship.
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He actually told the islanders management that he wanted to play out his entire career with NYI, so yes. It did happen
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Link? Why didn't they put a contract in front of him to sign when he said that?
