Player Discussion Brady Tkachuk (LW) - Part XI

[Loach]

this isn't a good excuse for year 7 of the rebuild. 461 games he has played and we are talking about how he needs to mature off the most basic of concepts.

with that said I would love for Brady to prove me wrong and backcheck and actually play like a captain. really all i want.

Same for Chabot right?

 

[PlayOn]

this isn't a good excuse for year 7 of the rebuild. 461 games he has played and we are talking about how he needs to mature off the most basic of concepts.

with that said I would love for Brady to prove me wrong and backcheck and actually play like a captain. really all i want.

He said it himself, the way he wears his emotions is his biggest strength and biggest flaw. When it works he gets his teammates and a crowd of 18k going, and other nights you get the mess against Vancouver. He has to learn exactly when to channel it and at 25 that is easier said than done.

It’s not maturing based off the most basic concepts, it’s just reality. The other day I saw a fan say something like “Sens are losing and they’re laughing on the bench, they don’t give a f***” - I promise you if Brady was mellowed out, people would be pissed about that too.

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

Same for Chabot right?

Same for Chabot, same for all the players.

These guys got paid generational wealth to WIN, up front. They have to give results now. It's not being unreasonable to expect results, maturity and improvement.

And honestly the playoffs should have been a lay up this year. instead the team has to make a buzzer 3 point shot to get in.

 

[BankStreetParade]

Because only one player ever gets blamed, out of 23. It’s not that hard to figure out,
When there is plenty of blame to go around, and lots of players doing worse than him.
But I’m sure you’ll find excuses like usual, why it’s only Brady to blame.

loooooool, I guess you'd believe that if you only ever read the Brady Tkachuk thread.

 

[thammias]

I'm so confused. Where was this energy when Karlsson was our captain and giving the same "effort" on defence as a defenceman mind you, that you guys claim Brady is doing. People recognize that with Karlsson the good outways the bad. Why doesn't Brady get that same leeway?
Only thing is that Brady doesn't have Anderson back there bailing him out.

The rest of the NHL is salivating about the thought of getting a guy like Brady but typical Ottawa we don't know what we have till it's gone.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

I'm so confused. Where was this energy when Karlsson was our captain and giving the same "effort" on defence as a defenceman mind you, that you guys claim Brady is doing. People recognize that with Karlsson the good outways the bad. Why doesn't Brady get that same leeway?
Only thing is that Brady doesn't have Anderson back there bailing him out.

The rest of the NHL is salivating about the thought of getting a guy like Brady but typical Ottawa we don't know what we have till it's gone.

Oh, there were a number of people constantly bashing Karlsson. lol, got a few dings on my record here defending the kid from the haters back in the day.

Every big player in every team will have a few people on the fanbase that will bash the hell out of them. It's part of being a passionate fan.

 

[Senscore]

I'm so confused. Where was this energy when Karlsson was our captain and giving the same "effort" on defence as a defenceman mind you, that you guys claim Brady is doing. People recognize that with Karlsson the good outways the bad. Why doesn't Brady get that same leeway?
Only thing is that Brady doesn't have Anderson back there bailing him out.

The rest of the NHL is salivating about the thought of getting a guy like Brady but typical Ottawa we don't know what we have till it's gone.

At the end of the day Karlsson was a leader who could will the team to win and nobody has been able to since.

 

[Knave]

Winning covers up a lot of warts.

Whatever you say about Karlsson within 3 years of being named captain the team was making the playoffs and he had a legendary run where we took the eventual Stanley Cup winner Penguins to 2OT Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Final.

3 years of Tkachuk and no playoffs, not really that close either. In year 4 the team still sucks.

Does it all fall on him? No. But if this team continues to fail to make the playoffs the question needs to be asked about Tkachuk specifically and about the core more broadly. Why can't they even make the playoffs?

 

[thammias]

Winning covers up a lot of warts.

Whatever you say about Karlsson within 3 years of being named captain the team was making the playoffs and he had a legendary run where we took the eventual Stanley Cup winner Penguins to 2OT Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Final.

3 years of Tkachuk and no playoffs, not really that close either. In year 4 the team still sucks.

Does it all fall on him? No. But if this team continues to fail to make the playoffs the question needs to be asked about Tkachuk specifically and about the core more broadly. Why can't they even make the playoffs?

The four years Karlsson was our captain we made the playoffs 2 out of those four years. A yoyo of playoffs/no playoffs, its not like we were a perennial playoff team.

Year 1. The only reason we made the playoffs was a magical run by the Hamburgler to sneak in.

Year 2 No playoffs

Year 3 Year was the Conference final run where his play in that playoffs will be remembered in Senators history.

Year 4 No playoffs

I have a feeling based on the stuff Brady is made of he has it in him to carry the team on his back if and when we ever make the playoffs as well, might not be a legendary as Karlsson run as he is only a winger