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If Juraj Slafkovsky wants to become Brady Tkachuk, he should play an amazing game tonight
Charles-Alexis Brisebois
If Juraj Slafkovsky wants to become Brady Tkachuk, he should play an amazing game tonight
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After the break from the Four Nations Face-Off, Juraj Slafkovsky stated that he wanted to draw inspiration from Brady Tkachuk.

In the next game, which was in Ottawa, he did well. And since then, even if his line is among the most productive in the NHL, we don’t systematically see Tkachuk in him.

That being said, he’s been playing well lately.

But tonight, on the heels of a very important game for the Canadiens, Slaf will have to become Brady Tkachuk. After all, the game is against Ottawa, it’s at home, it’s important for the standings – which was less the case last month – and the team must win.

But above all, this time, Tkachuk will be there.

Even if he’s not at 100% of his abilities, Tkachuk will want to do well because his team needs him in the standings, because he doesn’t like the Canadiens, but also because he knows the crowd will be against him.

We all remember his last game at the Bell Centre, last month… #TeamUSA

Notice: I’m not saying Tkachuk will fight from the start of the game against Juraj Slafkovsky, against Arber Xhekaj or against any other player from the Canadiens from the start of the game.

Tkachuk may be able to make his own decisions, but he’s too important on the ice for his team to ask him to take the risk of fighting at the start of the game…

But what I’m saying is that Slaf will have to draw inspiration from his style of play like never before. And it’s not me putting that pressure on him: it’s him who made the comparison with the Senators’ captain in recent weeks.

And if there’s a game where the skates must follow the interviews, it’s tonight’s game.


Overtime

– Obviously.

– Even the Snake is there now.

– That would be something.

– The NHL is returning to Sweden.

– Don’t look for last-minute tickets for tonight’s game hoping to pay a good price.

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