Posts About "Matthew Tkachuk"
Flames Need to Hedge at the Deadline
February 22nd, 2018 The Calgary Flames loaded up over the summer with a pair of big trades. They added Mike Smith to solidify their goaltending and they acquired Travis Hamonic in an effort to shore up their defense. Despite going "all in," the Flames are very much on the playoff bubble as the 2018 trade deadline approaches. Having somewhat depleted...Matthew Tkachuk Is An Elite Agitator
February 13th, 2018 Since he made his National Hockey League debut in the fall of 2016, Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk has burnt an indelible image in the memories of players throughout the league. That image isn't a goal celebration or a glare after battles in the trenches – it's a devilish, mischievous smirk, often punctuated by a dangling...Matthew Tkachuk is More Than the League’s Best Pest
January 26th, 2018 Just 123 games into his young career, Matthew Tkachuk has 29 goals, 82 points, and 147 total penalty minutes. The sixth overall pick in the 2016 NHL draft has just eight less penalty minutes than the rest of the top 10 picks of that draft combined. Tkachuk has been coined a ‘pest’ by many around the NHL, but he is so much more than...
5 Most Important Flames Rivalries
December 12th, 2017 The history of the Calgary Flames has been long and eventful. Throughout their decades in the National Hockey League, the Flames have played a lot of hockey against a lot of different teams. Some of those match-ups have blossomed into full-on rivalries. That said, only a handful of these rivalries have stood the test of time and...
Landeskog Suspended Four Games
November 27th, 2017 The Colorado Avalanche will be without their captain Gabriel Landeskog for the next four games after the 25-year-old was suspended for crosschecking Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk in the face Saturday. The altercation occurred during the first period of the game between the Flames and Avalanche in Colorado on Saturday, a game...
Backlund's Big Raise Looming
November 8th, 2017 There's no question Mikael Backlund is playing the best hockey of his career right now. He's finally moulded into the centerman the Calgary Flames hoped he'd become when they drafted him back in 2007. He set a career-high in points last season with 53 points (22 goals, 31 assists), surpassing his previous best 47 points from the 2015-16...
