Merely conceiving of such a shot in the Stanley Cup playoffs requires its own level of arrogance, and Tkachuk buries that needle. He even tried to score a lacrosse/Michigan goal in Game 3, hoisting the puck onto his stick behind the net before losing control.
He scored Florida's lone goal of Game 1 with an opportunistic snipe off a Dmitry Orlov giveaway, and his two assists propelled the Panthers to a 6-3 win in Game 2. He's coming off his second straight 100-point season, and he has been Florida's primary offensive threat in this series, with two goals and three assists.
This is all on top of various post-whistle jabs, elbows, and slashes while he channels his inner Claude Lemieux as the game's most highly skilled instigator.Īnd there's no question that Tkachuk is wildly talented.
ESPN's on-ice microphones caught him F-bombing Bruins center Tomáš Nosek with impunity during a Game 2 argument between the benches, tastefully repeating a synonym for harlot as well. That Tkachuk could elicit such a response surprised no one. ULLMARK WAS READY TO FIGHT TKACHUK OMG /KeG3By0jvr- Sportsnet April 23, 2023 His dazzling between-the-legs goal in Game 4 earned its hundred replays, but so, too, have his varied extracurriculars. "Hate" may sound like a strong word, but only if you haven't watched Matthew Tkachuk play.Īs skilled as his dad but more indifferent about the line between hard-nosed and dirty, Tkachuk has made himself a focal point of the Bruins-Panthers series both with the puck and in post-play scrums. Then again, maybe it's for the best that Tkachuk's ties have faded, because it makes it that much easier to hate his son. Bruins' trade deadline pickups making major impact in series vs. A season or two in a Bruins uniform would've done wonders, a la West Roxbury's Chris Nilan. Because he never skated on home ice within 1,000 miles of Boston, Tkachuk isn't as revered around here as he probably should be. Tkachuk retired in 2010 with more than 500 goals and he remains one of the best players not enshrined in the Hall of Fame. A true power forward in the mold of Bruins Hall of Famer Cam Neely, Tkachuk was a rugged 50-goal scorer in the 1990s who incensed opponents not just with a motormouth, but a willingness to plant himself like a donkey in the crease and accept the resulting punishment. Born in Melrose but raised a couple of towns over, Tkachuk was the prototypical New Englander on the ice - tough, skilled, nasty. There are certain local athletes whose names can't be spoken without prefixing their hometowns.
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