Matthew Tkachuk Opens Up About the Debilitating Injury He Suffered in the Cup Final

Matthew Tkachuk and the Florida Panthers just came off of a heartbreaking defeat in the Stanley Cup Finals to the Vegas Golden Knights.

For Tkachuk, his first Finals was defined by the gruesome broken sternum he suffered during the series.

Tkachuk took a major hit from Keegan Kolesar in Game Three, and was never the same physically.

The Florida winger was unable to play in the clinching Gave Five, and was clearly hobbled in Game Four.

Matthew Tkachuk candidly explains the amount of pain and discomfort his broken sternum caused in his everyday life:

Tkachuk explains that he had to enlist his brother Brady, Captain of the Ottawa Senators, for help doing basic tasks.

Tkachuk played through the injury in Game Four but was unable to suit up in the next game, which Vegas won to clinch the Stanley Cup

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