#shameless matthew tkachuk propaganda

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Did I put this picture here just so I could look at him? Maybe. But I wanted to share some highlights (in my opinion. Although it is all around a pretty good article and I linked it at the end.) from this espn article.

Starting off strong with Paul Maurice's impression of him. Idk if with hockey blowing up like it is if everyone is aware of the coaches and the general managers and their impact and which ones we don't like and ect.

But Paul Maurice is the type of coach that cares more that his players are doing what they love than about winning. Generally not the type of coach the NHL goes for (definitely not the type of management and coach that Tkachuk was dealing with in Calgary and I think that's part of the reason he left, as the article mentions briefly.) Generally he seems like a good coach who works with his players to improve them and I would like to see more coaches like him in the NHL.

Matthew Tkachuk certified good boi™️ and it's not just Paul Maurice (and me) who thinks so. Barkov also agrees:

I like to think Matthew just has manners and everyone's like hockey players are allowed to have those??

This is probably my favorite quote from this whole article because it doesn't seem like it, Matthew hides it well, but that man has self esteem issues. For example every time he's asked to guess his chel rating and he low balls himself. He really just doesn't think he's that good, that he's that popular.

'Demurs' is just so babygirl. And in typical Tkachuk fashion like I have never seen a man who claims to be 6"2' look so small

Look at him. So smol. Rittich is like simba-ing him, bouncing the baby

Here is the article if you wish to read it yourself:

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/38633702/matthew-tkachuk-superstar-breakout-panthers-encore-playoffs

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(@irrelevanttous I'm stealing your tag I hope that's okay)