"Shout out to my fans in Calgary. You know I couldn't let Edmonton win." - Matthew Tkachuk

[SaltNPeca]

McD had 11 points and Tkachuk only 3 in the finals.

Chucky had 1 good game (Game 5) when he said they'd get it done and didn't.

It's a funny quote, and for me taken in jest.

 

[TMLife17]

Actually feel bad for Flames fans for the first time in my life. Guy who set your franchise back for who knows how many years gives you a shout out after winning a cup with the team he demanded to be traded to. This is like if Pronger thanked Edmonton in 2007.

Not one Flames fan feels bad. It was a 200iq move to prevent their arch nemesis from winning a cup. Not a single Flames fan has any regrets if it means Edmonton doesn't win too.

And for the record the one who set the franchise back was Gaudreau. He started this spiral.

 

[Hank Plank]

Actually feel bad for Flames fans for the first time in my life. Guy who set your franchise back for who knows how many years gives you a shout out after winning a cup with the team he demanded to be traded to. This is like if Pronger thanked Edmonton in 2007.

You have this backwards the Flames organization sets themselves back. Over and over again.

 

[Dr Salt]

Didn't he initially want a long-term deal, got a bridge, and then wanted out as Gaudreau left? It seems like the only person to be angry at is Brad and Gaudreau.

 

[JianYang]

This would be more of an interesting story if he said it prior to game 7.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Didn't he initially want a long-term deal, got a bridge, and then wanted out as Gaudreau left? It seems like the only person to be angry at is Brad and Gaudreau.

I mean, he would have gotten paid even more in 2022 after betting on himself with a bridge deal

seems like an excuse to bail on the team to blame management

 

[LeBrun is a Clown]

McD had 11 points and Tkachuk only 3 in the finals.

Akshually, McD has 0 cups and Tkachuk has 1

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Chucky had 1 good game (Game 5) when he said they'd get it done and didn't.

It's a funny quote, and for me taken in jest.

Ya, my first reaction is “you didn’t do shit” and then I think and say “eh, let him have it.” It’s funny, and now we can side-eye him and say “..you sure it wasn’t Bob? Barky? Reinhart with the clutch goal?”

 

[NeverForget06]

Tkachuk quickly cementing himself as a Flames legend. Too bad its not for any accomplishments he had while playing with them.

Says a lot about Flames' "legends" if you can qualify as one when you abandon the team and they miss the playoffs for the next decade

 

[nturn06]

Hilarious, he basically gives the finger to the Flames fans.

He basically sais: "I had no problem loosing to Edmonton while playing for you, but now that I left ...."

But maybe the Flames fans care more about Florida beating Edmonton, than if the Flames beat the Oilers

 

[Hank Plank]

McD had 11 points and Tkachuk only 3 in the finals.

97 doesn't care in the slightest he'd take zero points and 1 Cup.

 

[algernon]

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.

How dare you leav Lomebrghini out?

 

[bobholly39]

This would be more of an interesting story if he said it prior to game 7.

Yeah.

Same when Boston won game 7 vs Toronto and he said "we always knew it would be Boston". How about saying it before next time?

 

[La Bamba]

As an Oiler fan, that's kinda funny. Fair play, he won the Cup, he can say whatever

 

[Captain Controversy]

I feel like there are only a few fans in Calgary that actually wanted tkachuk to win. The dude asked for a trade lol

 

[Voight]

 

[Dr Salt]

I mean, he would have gotten paid even more in 2022 after betting on himself with a bridge deal

seems like an excuse to bail on the team to blame management

How is this the case if the bridge deal was their management's idea lol

 

[Nanuuk]

Sing it Brother Chucky! Guaranteed to live rent free in a few Oiler heads now.

 

[ohcomeonref]

Wait, are Flames fans proud or flexing that a guy who wanted to leave their organization is now playing double agent and won a cup with a different team? It would be sad if it wasn't so funny.

 

[McShogun99]

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Good thing Tkachuk is American.

 

[Voight]

Good thing Tkachuk is American.

You're fun at parties eh?

 

[InfinityIggy]

Hilarious, he basically gives the finger to the Flames fans.

He basically sais: "I had no problem loosing to Edmonton while playing for you, but now that I left ...."

But maybe the Flames fans care more about Florida beating Edmonton, than if the Flames beat the Oilers

It's really humorous to read Oilers fans in this thread twisting themselves into a pretzel over a throw away comment.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

It's really humorous to read Oilers fans in this thread twisting themselves into a pretzel over a throw away comment.

No one cared when he guaranteed winning Game 5 only to lose it..that’s just classic Tkachuk
We find it hilarious Flames fans are defending a guy who bailed on their team and made them worse lol

 

[InfinityIggy]

No one cared when he guaranteed winning Game 5 only to lose it..that’s just classic Tkachuk
We find it hilarious Flames fans are defending a guy who bailed on their team and made them worse lol

Keep twisting I guess.

 

[NeverForget06]

Keep twisting I guess.

I think it’s actually a lot more “twisting” on the part of Flames fans to claim this as some small victory in the face of the fact that this guy left the team, they are much much worse as a result, and he has now won the cup after making it to the finals last year.

If he stayed, Bennett stayed, Tanev, etc - maybe it would have been the Flames on that trajectory?

Now you just get to cheer against the Oil from the sidelines