In case you missed it, after the whole incident between Calgary's Matthew Tkachuk and Edmonton's Zack Kassian last weekend, Flames fans started a GoFundMe page to raise enough money to put a billboard featuring Tkachuk in the rival city. They raised enough fund sin no time. Now that the money is no issue, the design of the billboard has been released. Check it out.
Mohammad Elsaghir, spearheaded the campaign and raised $20,000 to erect billboards with Tkachuk's face "all around the city of Edmonton." Elsaghir created the fundraiser for a laugh and says he was caught by surprise when the money started pouring in.
The hosts of CJAY 92's CJAY Mornings with Jesse & JD learned of Elsaghir's idea and arranged to have Bell Media — the company which owns the radio station, as well as several billboards in Edmonton – bring the Tkachuk billboards to fruition.
The billboards should be in place before the next Battle of Alberta, which will happen on January 29th. Kassian received a two-game suspension for jumping Tkachuk the last time the two team's met. Tkachuk wanted to part of it and Kassian was suspended for instigating. We'll see how things go in the next game.
