The 25-year-old broke his sternum in the Stanley Cup Final against Vegas but is fully healed and ready for the start of the season.
emerges from the front door of his parents’ home in St. Louis wearing a T-shirt and shorts, his bare feet hitting the blacktop driveway as he welcomes a visitor. “You just caught me,” the superstar says. “I’m headed back to Florida next week.” It’s late August, and there’s a matter-of-fact inflection in Tkachuk’s voice — no apprehension like there would have been the year before. He’s now a homeowner in the Sunshine State, and he’ll only need to do a little dusting once he gets back.
The Hurricanes’ faithful sure had their fill of Tkachuk, especially after he scored with five seconds left in regulation for a 4-3 win in Game 4, finishing off the Panthers’ third-round sweep. But fan wrath is nothing new for Tkachuk. “Sometimes it gets to be a little much with the hatred that I don’t necessarily understand,” Tkachuk says. “I know in Calgary, fans hated McDavid because he was always winning games for them. So I think that’s more of a compliment.
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