I hope NHL GMs see what some of you do. It will get Ottawa a better return.
I'm not seeing the dominant game you guys did. I'm seeing Brady Tkachuk having a night where he gets his goals the way he typically does and that's about it. I saw the Ducks deliberately leaving him wide open on the PK baiting the Ottawa coaching staff and Stutzle to pass to him for low chance opportunities and the Senators took that opening time after time after time and came up with nothing to show for it.
And because everyone is so sensitive... no I do not think Brady Tkachuk is a bad hockey player. But like I said in the GDT I think he fits that basketball description of the "good player putting up great numbers on a bad team".
Get back to us when he’s putting up 100 pt seasons in New Jersey with Jack Hughes and winning the Cup.
Brady elevates whatever line he’s on and has for years, it’s astonishing to me that people don’t see this.
Tkachuk - Norris - Batherson
Tkachuk - Stützle - Giroux
Tkachuk - Greig - Giroux
Tkachuk - Pinto - Batherson
Tkachuk - Stützle - Gaudette
The second he’s taken off a line, it’s less dominant and often doesn’t work at all. That’s part indictment on our wingers and part reflection of how good Brady actually is.