Paul Maurice's suggestion that Matthew Tkachuk intentionally injured Mark Scheifele is 'misguided,' EricFrancis writes.
Strong, misguided words from a coach further steamed by the possibility he may also have lost the services ofFact is, the Zapruder film has nothing on the video capturing Tkachuk’s latest controversy.
Then again, coaches always stick up for their players, especially when the Flames offender is such an easy target given his reputation for being in the middle of such controversies. “He’s a top player in the NHL and someone I’ve come to know the past few summers training with Gary Roberts — such a great guy,” said Tkachuk, who was not assessed a penalty on the play.
“I just looked at the incident. To me it looked like Mark decided to turn up, Chucky was trying to turn with him and I think he lost his balance a little bit and I think he got caught in a compromised position.” Although Jets winger Andrew Copp scored shortly after the Scheifele injury, the Flames rebounded from one of their typically slow starts to take over a game in which they had just one shot on goal the first 15 minutes.
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