Yeah. To this day I’m still glad the Canucks didn’t take him. Is he a better player than Juolevi? Unquestionably. But at the end of the day I watch hockey for escapism and entertainment, and I just can’t bring myself to cheer on a POS like Tkachuk.
I also find it hilariously telling how Flames fans feel about him. They bitched and moaned endlessly about how we had “classless divers and whiners” on our team like the Sedins, Burrows, Kesler, Bieksa, etc. But as best as I recall, as on the edge some of those guys played, I never saw them deliberately try to injure another player.
Meanwhile Cowtown was ready to anoint Tkachuk their next captain, and was perfectly content cheering on other classy stalwarts like Lucic, Kneeordano, Hathaway, and other Lady Byng contenders.