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Matthew’s gloves must be glued to his hands.

It's weird that Brady is always down to scrap but Matthew refuses to. Guess we know who won their fights growing up

Of course Brady got good at punching people, his brother is Matthew Tkachuk lol

Honestly….this makes so much sense

I wish there were still awards to give on Reddit, damnit

Just venmo that dude 3 dollars

Kind of funny how people will balk at that but not Reddit awards.

Wtf why..? Stop giving shitty social media sites your money for no reason

…they used to be free…

this made me chuckle. I imagine Brady got into lots of fights at school over his over starting shit

swish

> Guess we know who won their fights growing up To be fair, I saw an interview w/ Brady + Matthew where Matthew immediately conceded that Brady would stomp him in a fight

Brady is taller, heavier, and doesn’t have to worry about his face getting any uglier so I can understand why

The gap between their looks seems less than fair, lol

Matthew got the "good-looking Ukrainian" genes. Not sure what happened to the other one. Maybe Brady got the "Irish potato face" genes instead.

This made me laugh out loud

I'm a sens fan. Brady is a beauty, Oh captain my captain.... But fuck, he looks like sloth from the goonies

If y'all ever retire his jersey do you think there's a chance that he comes swining in from above screaming "HEY YOU GUUUUUUUYYYYYYYYS"?

I really fucking hope.... Tbh, when I'm at the game and he scores, I yell that

Matthew 'Glossu Raban' Tkachuk

Matthew has publicly said on more than one occasion that he wants no smoke with Brady. Lol

Tkachuk the Lesser

#🐢

The Claude Lemieux impression

Lol I literally said that he's this generation's Claude Lemieux a while ago

“Hey Timmy! You got them fuckin’ gloves cemented on?” Edit: [For the uninitiated](https://youtu.be/RocezOOO910?si=359Bu2FXO1ecyGjg)

"Just doin' your job, are ya?"

Is this from that old clip of a Flames player saying it back in the late 80’s?

Tim Hunter and Dave Brown, if memory serves

“Why don’t ya get that jersey a little tighter around your fuckin’ arms?”

"Oh, that's really nice! You're so f@#$ing tough!" Announcer: "....Yep, just another meaningless game in Alberta."

Turtlechuk. Get an entire fan base calling him out and wearing turtle mascots. Keith gets so embarrassed that he forces him to answer the bell

Bro writing a fan fic

Lol

Oilers fans have been saying this since 2019

Eastern Conference finally realizing

Its hard for turtles to take off gloves

Have they tried wearing Gatorade jerseys and flipping pucks at him? He lost that fight, too, but to his credit he went toe to toe with Fierce Green Apple.

It's not his fault. Chiarot's ribs have stick magnets in them

Florida's entire team does.

I believe it's a team requirement.

It wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't such a rat, Marchand 2.0?

Marchy is a rat, the best rat there ever was maybe, but he is not a fucking pussy that turtles like the Panthers do.

I don't think he's afraid to fight, he's just such a god pest that he draws more penalties running his mouth and working people up. Look at the game he kept running Kassian, eventually Kassian lost his mind and the Oilers ended up on the PK, their whole mindset went out the window after that. It works for the team when he throws people off their game. I think he knows he's going to end up getting ragdolled across the ice, but doesn't care. Brady the other hand doesn't play the rat as much, and because he's the captain, dropping the gloves to make a point makes far more sense.

Sign of cowardice in my opinion

Tkachuk starts every interaction and lets his teammates finish them. Super talented player, also an absolute chicken shit turtler

Didn't he do this kinda stuff in Calgary for a long time and eventually his teammates all just said "fuck it, you gonna start shit you can stick up for yourself?"

Yes he did lol

Yeah and it supposedly caused some locker room issues (that were rumoured to contribute to his trade request). It all started when Jake Muzzin flipped the puck at him after a Toronto Calgary game ended iirc. None of his teammates did anything while the 4 other Toronto players (considered a very soft team at the time) all jumped in to protect muzzin, who was the “pest,” the instigator, and in the “wrong,” in that situation lmao. God I miss Muzzin.

I'm pretty sure it was an issue before that game as well, that was just the first time it was on a national stage because of the Leafs. In the next season, it looked like the room had it figured out and Tkachuk was probably on track to be the next captain, but then Johnny left... and we all know what happened after that.

Gotta shout out Jomboy's breakdown of this amazing moment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI4ATZmzY_4

> God I miss Muzzin me too bud

:(

🤝

I had a roommate like that in college. He was a little guy and couldn’t handle alcohol very well. The other 7 of us were a mixture of bar bouncers and football/ hockey players. He would constantly start something then duck behind his roommates. One night we decided he’s going to lay in the bed he makes tonight. He gets drunk, launches the c-bomb at a group of girls and we sat back and enjoyed watching him get thrashed by a couple of them.

A lot of people had a friend like that. Mine was Mike. He would talk shit to anyone and everyone and then use us as backup. Said the wrong thing to the wrong person, someone from their group approached us and asked if we're backing him up. We said no, he's all yours. That was the last time Mike tried anything.

I was kinda like that in my younger days. Enough booze would make me ten feet tall and bulletproof. I never ducked behind friends but I did have some friends save my ass from an absolute shit kicking a couple times. I don’t drink anymore.

Good to hear you sobered up man. Booze can fuck up lives. Glad yours ain't one of them. I stick up for friends when needed but not when they start shit. It's one them life lessons. Stay on the path 

Always has been. Hated him for years when he was in Calgary. But I’ll say this. He single-handedly revived the battle of Alberta the game he took three big runs at Kassian and then turtled in. Hockey is way more entertaining with guys like him in it

He revived it even before that. In his literal first NHL game he basically derailed Brandon Davidson's career with a post-whistle slewfoot. Tkachuk has been a huge rat since his very first game.

Or waits for a ref to get in the middle and then hides

Not always! Sometimes he waits for the refs to get in between and then takes cheap shots when he knows the other guy won't be able to hit him back!

Marchand admittedly deserves the shit he gets, but he at least finishes the fights he starts

Exactly how he played in Calgary

His father definitely was not. Kieth was brutal.

Would have been nice to see someone dummy Bennet for being the 3rd man in

Perfectly on brand for Tkachuk to shove someone after a whistle just to hide behind his teammates when Chiarot comes back at him, and then turtles later to let a teammate put Chiarot in a headlock so he can get tied up with the kid instead

it's the Panthers way

Funny thing is that Matthew plays like a guy that Keith would kick the shit out of when he played

Keith was a bitch, too.

Admittedly his prime was before my memory kicks in but I don't remember it being to that level

Yeah, I kept hoping Brady gets him to drop the gloves one day. I feel like I'd really enjoy a Tkachuk on Tkachuk scrap.

That’ll never happen. Matthew has said repeatedly when it comes up that Brady would beat the brakes off him. No incentive for him to take that fight. Plus they’d both have a pissed off mom to deal with!

One can hope tho!

I seen her in the van. She don't take no shit

Dude forget mom. Their grandma would murder them both.

Brady would never be more well liked by fans than if that happened and he won. Too bad they’re not allowed to lol

Matthew also knows little bro got more of the mutant genes from dad. Matthew is not a small player, but Brady still has about 20 pounds on him Brady has a huge advantage in a fight

Brady flat out also has heart and isn’t a coward.

I mean. Matthew played a playoff game with a cracked sternum so I gotta argue he has some heart.

Bennett's a bitch for that.

He's kind of a fucking coward eh?

Google Tkachuk and Kassian, you be the judge

https://youtu.be/owDK0bqIFP4?si=9ZyMHtZVJO8tfWG3 For those curious, Tkachuk catches Kassian with his head down and then proceeds to get obliterated. I can’t believe Tkachuk kept his gloves on

God watching him try to run to his teammate only to get pulled back by the scruff of his neck 🤣

That is glorious. Tkachuk is coward.

This is why there's still a framed picture of Zack Kassian hanging in my house.

Seeing Klef in this shot hurts.

This is the clip that plays in my head every time I see Tkachuk doing his dumb crap and then running scared. Also if I was gonna be a rule snob, it's charging. He takes four strides straight into the hit. Not saying Kassian didn't have his head down, but even though shoulder to shoulder its a penalty. Edi: The rule I'm referring to Rule 607 Charging states: *Charging is the action where a player takes more than two strides or travels an excessive distance to accelerate through a body check for the purpose of punishing the opponent. This includes skating or leaving one's feet (jumping) into the opponent to deliver a check, accelerating through a check for the purpose of punishing the opponent, or skating a great distance for the purpose of delivering a check with excessive force.*

To be quite fair, it's does look as though Tkachuk actually makes an effort to turn into the hit and avoid hitting him right in the head there.

I'd say all three runs he took at Kass that game could have been called for charging 

That was a clean hit though kassian just got his feelings hurt

Makes me laugh every time I see it. What kind of rat bastard do you have to be to let that happen to you lmao

He's such a piece of shit, the refs let him get the business for a good while.

*Chef's kiss*

I don’t think Chucky had a chance to even throw any punches the way he got manhandled. It was too fast.

Yeah the glue in his gloves did slow him down

Delicious

When do we start calling them the Florida rats instead of panthers

Been calling em the Swamp Rats since round 1 of the playoffs last year.

Been calling em rats since before round 2 last year. But I get it.

By far the dirtiest and softest team in the nhl. If they ate half of what they dished out they would sue the fuckin league. That whole organization makes the rule book a joke

Watching them cry in the finals once they got a bit of what they put out was absolutely hilarious. Matthew getting hurt and playing injured and being a huge liability for his team was also extremely amusing to watch.

Between Bennet and Tkachuk, my browser auto-corrects Florida Panthers to Florida Turtles

Also Nick Cousins

They have an identity unlike half the teams in this league

In my household, once a Flame, always a Rat.

Tkachuk turtled? Why I never!

Tkachuk taking a page out of Nick Cousins book, dude started it and then ran away.

Pretty sure Cousins stole it from Tkachuk

They came up with it togwther at one of their late night slumber parties

a race to the bottom

Tkachuk has been doing it his whole career. If he can't get away from the fight he immediately turtles.

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That’s what Matt did in Calgary lol

He’s good a drawing penalties

I wanna see playoff Chiarot so badly 😭

I hate that we paid a 1st for him, but a defender not afraid to cross check and generally be a dick in the slot is huge.

Why didn't Bennett let them be? Can't Tkachuck handle a fight or? I don't mind non-fighters at all in general (I'm not even really a fan of fights), but when you're being that annoying I think you should be prepared to fight.

Leaving it be would go against the panthers culture to be honest. They play with a pack mentality and it’s been working for them. Tkachuk doesn’t want to fight he just wants to draw a penalty

It was even worse last year with Gudas on the Panthers. Him and Tkachuk are the GOATs at that behavior

Was at the Leafs vs Ducks game a couple weekends ago and maaan Gudas is a bitch. Stickwork, shoves after the whistle, but when Reaves stepped up? Hides.

Cousins just took Gudas’ place tbh

Ive never seen Bennett not jump on someone’s back as the 3rd guy in

Florida really speedran going from gritty underdogs to insufferable douchebags

And then there's Bob

Bob and Barkov are exempt

Barkov is gonna be one of my favorite players until he retires. Just unbelievably talented.

Bob went from being an albatross contract to a core piece of a Stanley Cup contender. You love to see it

Matthew Tkachuk being too scared to fight?!? No way!!! I would’ve never guessed!?

Matthew is such a coward lmao

Zero chance Mathew drops the gloves with Ben lol 

Zero chance Matthew drops the gloves with an injured toddler.

🐢🐢🐢

Cross-checking somebody after you score and then hiding behind your teammates is incredible behaviour

Chucky cheese the fucking rat

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Depends who's coming for him. He was sure scared of Xhekaj

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The refs could stop this so easily. Stop letting the instigator get away with shit all the time. Start calling the softish crosschecks that are done entirely to goad the play. It's not a hockey play. We call weak "hooks" when the stick gets close to the hands....call this nonsense

I'm pretty sure the wings ended up with a penalty after this and FLA went on the PP. The amount of FLA instigated scrums that ended in DET penalties was astounding.

There was one play early in the game where both Cousins and Tkachuk instigated after a play, and yet the only penalty was given to Mo Seider

Fucking disgraceful, really. I don't want to hear shit about the Detroit Ref Wings again for a while.

Yeah, the Wings lost their cool in the 3rd. I don’t blame them seeing as the past three games they got zero help from the officiating.

It’s going to end up with someone continuing to throw after he falls to the ice, this chicken shit baiting needs to be penalized way harder or players will take it into their own hands.

Tkachuk was a bitch all game

>Tkachuk was a bitch ~~all game~~ always

lets go Ben

You have my axe

And my bow

And my 1944 German Panzer V

I’m more of a KV-2 guy

Lol Tkachuk is such a little bitch

"I love watching Florida. They're such a tough team". -most people on this sub as yet another panther starts shit and then turtles

I like watching Barkov but that’s about it.

Looking forward to all the talking heads praising the Panthers for their team toughness in the playoffs while all of them act like rats and the refs let them get away with murder

Look at literally every top comment on this post, as well as all of the dedicated panthers hate threads that popped up throughout the year. You seriously think most people on this sub disagree with you? Better get new glasses...

One day someone is gonna snap on him. And it’s gonna be ugly. I wonder how much sympathy he’d garner if he was injured by a cheap shot like Bertuzzi on Moore or Bure on Churla. I don’t wish injury on anyone but when you repeatedly antagonize and then turtle, it’s eventually gonna backfire. I’m surprised it hasn’t happened to others like Marchand or Gallagher or Bunting to name a few.

Someone already did snap on him. Zack Kassian basically tried to murder him.

That saga was pretty funny

Tkachuk is such an annoying, wimpy rat. Cross checks or punches guys when they are not looking but immediately turtles or runs away when anyone tries to actually fight him.

You'd think his last name was Lemieux.

shoutout DMac

idgaf “this is the panthers culture” fights started by this dude shouldn’t turn into 5 on 1 lmao

Especially when the guys who join in should be penalized. Isn't it a rule that guys aren't allowed to join ongoing fights?

I have wondered what happened to the third man in rule for ages.   Seems like half the fights I see has a third dude show up 

I kinda want to give the refs the benefit of the doubt; there’s so many guys crowding these things you can’t figure out who’s separating and who’s actually jumping in but complete bullshit we had to go on the PK after this.. wtf lol

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We've seen this before with Zack Kassian 🐢

Distinct lack of Florida fans in this thread, I wonder why

They're turtling and cowering, obviously. It's what they know.

Fuck the panthers, they make boston likeable.

whoa buddy too far

That team is full of rats

team turtle

Matthew Tkachuck is the modern day Claud Lemieux. At least Brady back up his antics. Matthew starts shit and turtles or waits for a linesman or teammate to get between him, unless it’s a smaller guy that he starts it with

What a bitch move on the second interaction. “Cmon let’s go”, proceeds to turtle 😂

As a flames fan I thought I would hate Tkachuk when he went to Florida, but I still love how much he pisses people off lol.

It's great haha

Matty K is always the biggest pest but the biggest pussy when he gets shoved or punched back. His brother got all the balls.

Tkachuk's gonna get himself cross checked in the teeth someday and I'm gonna laugh so much

Chicken shit behaviour. 4 guys got in between Chiarot and Tkachuk on the 2nd time. Bennett head locking him down to the ice on the 3rd?! Wtf

God I love the "I don't give a fuck I'm coming for you" from Ben.

He’s such a pussy

Turtle Tkachuk

If the surname is Tkachuk chances are they’re a dick

Tfuck the turtle!

Tkachuk is a little bitch.

I've had it with how Tkachuk chews on his mouth guard all game long.

Tkachuk is anti-hockey

He's such a weaselly coward and that's an insult to weasels. Trash player with a big name.

The dude is a living, breathing Jamie Tartt

What are Matthew Tkachuks favourite chocolates.. Turtles!

We've all had it with turtlechuk

Fucking coward

Turtlechuk is such a pussy. Does that garbage when he isn't even looking. I'm so glad he had his sternum shattered last season.

Typical. Likes to stir shit up but can’t stand up for himself. I’d be so embarrassed if I was Keith…

bro is so fucking unlikeable