The Calgary Flames announced on Thursday morning that three players – Matthew Tkachuk, Mark Jankowski and Dillon Dube – will be marching in the annual Calgary Stampede Parade on Friday morning.
The parade is the official kick-off to Calgary’s longstanding exhibition, rodeo and general city-wide party that runs July 5-14 at Stampede Park – which so happens to contain the Scotiabank Saddledome.
If you’re the type to read into things, Tkachuk’s participation is at the very least a sign that negotiations on his new contract are positive enough that he was willing to fly in from his hometown of St.