Matthew Tkachuk knew what was coming tonight when he took the ice for the Flames tilt with the LA Kings. And as you can see from the above Tweet and from watching the game, it started early. While stretching at centre ice, the Kings paid a visit to the Flames rookie to tell him exactly what they thought of his hit on Drew Doughty in their last meeting and his comments in the media prior to the game. The big boys surrounded him and kept the Kings back, but Tkachuk apparently doesn’t need their help.
When the Flames rookie hit the ice for his first shift, he immediately addressed the issue at hand by trying to drop the gloves with Jake Muzzin, who declined and skated away.