Confirmed Trade: [FLA/OTT] Brady Tkachuk for two 2026 1st round picks (9th, 25th OA), c. 2029/30 1st round pick (top 10 protected), 2027 2nd round pick

[Naslundforever]

Crazy how even Leafs fans are upset at Brady, I guess Canadians as a whole are getting sick of American players bailing out of Canada.

would not be against a canadian league myself.

 

[centipede2233]

This freezes up cap space for Ottawa too

 

[Vegaspunk]

Why exactly did Brady want out?

Loves America, OTT fans were turning on him, gets to play with his brother who he's pretty close to

 

[JJ68]

Couldn’t handle the pressure of being captain in a Canadian city and probably always wanted to play with his brother

he's the epitome of being an anti-leader. got scurred

 

[SpezDispenser]

Agree he was leaking oil a bit this season and was mostly flat and his legs seemed dead most nights, how many games did you watch last year where Brady was our best player (or even a top 3 player) Not many.

Even a lateral move like Lafrenière helps with speed and I think will improve us. Just do the 9th overall for Lafrenière and keep the playoff plane flying

Basically never on a team that has Sanderson.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

This freezes up cap space for Ottawa to

To?

 

[Naslundforever]

Didn't the US players get booed during the national anthem at the 4 nations? Now Canadian fans are upset the same players aren't showing canada teams respect? Yeah you are getting what you deserve and its hilarious!!

nothing to do with the 51 state comments, obviously folks were booing the players. From Florida, eh?

 

[SpezDispenser]

I think he was pretty solidly Ottawa's 3rd best player, with Batherson kind of nipping at his heels.

It definitely leaves a hole. The fact that he missed a good chunk of the season and had a poor playoff is going to be what a lot of people remember due to recency bias.

With Florida's top 9, he will have a lot of opportunities to reset after a season to forget.

Distant third, yes. Not one of the pillars anymore. And yes, he'll do well in anonymity in Florida.

 

[Panthaz89]

Why even do this as Ottawa? The 2029 pick is almost a guarantee to be in the mid 20s when you are sending them another top line caliber player...

 

[ranold26]

Looks like the Florida Panthers are loading up the clown car....

 

[Vegaspunk]

Didn't the US players get booed during the national anthem at the 4 nations? Now Canadian fans are upset the same players aren't showing canada teams respect? Yeah you are getting what you deserve and its hilarious!!

Yeah why would Canadians have been annoyed with certain American players in early 2025

Sure is a mystery

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Why even do this as Ottawa? The 2029 pick is almost a guarantee to be in the mid 20s when you are sending them another top line caliber player...

Because it’s obvious he’s not staying past 2028. I don’t think the value is bad granted we do move the picks for some help.

We do have the cap space to overpay for some scrub on July 1st too.

 

[Tuna99]

Why even do this as Ottawa? The 2029 pick is almost a guarantee to be in the mid 20s when you are sending them another top line caliber player...

Florida isn’t a perfect team. Brady is slow and has holes in his game that can be exploited, it’s not like the Panthers got Datsyuk and a goalie, Brady TKachuks game isn’t improving his prime is behind him

 

[Ianturnedbull]

Serious question:

Who is OTT drafting at 9th OA?

 

[Relapsing]

I cannot believe the Sens couldn't get an impactful roster player from Florida, Carolina, Minnesota nor Vegas.
They are stuck in perpetual rebuild mode.

Best to wait and see what we do with the picks before prognosticating about a rebuild buddy

 

[n8]

Maybe the NYR said no.

Drury has been very vocal about not trading Shesterkin.
Many Ranger fans have been very vocal about trading Shesterkin.
There's a very good chance that if the conversation even happened, you are 100% correct.

 

[TommyDangles]

Why even do this as Ottawa? The 2029 pick is almost a guarantee to be in the mid 20s when you are sending them another top line caliber player...

Because Brady wanted out and wasn't gonna sign. People told Sens fans this for a while now this was gonna happen. A lot of them just didn't want to believe it.

 

[DueDiligence]

Couldn’t handle the pressure of being captain in a Canadian city and probably always wanted to play with his brother

He was Captain for 5 seasons so your first reason is wrong.

 

[Brain Crush]

He also said the sens are well ahed of the habs in their rebuild.

A bunch of Sens fans did, now they get to watch their captain quit on them for picks and a 1st round sweep.

 

[SpezDispenser]

To?

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say acquire a LW.

 

[Tuna99]

Drury has been very vocal about not trading Shesterkin.
Many Ranger fans have been very vocal about trading Shesterkin.
There's a very good chance that if the conversation even happened, you are 100% correct.

How about Lafrenière for 9th overall?

 

[Jocke1]

So... is the sign coming down?

It can stay up but edited..

 

[SpezDispenser]

A bunch of Sens fans did, now they get to watch their captain quit on them for picks and a 1st round sweep.

That's on him though, not the team. The team will be more than fine, assuming the GM does his job. You want to quit on the team? You're part of the problem.

 

[YMCMBYOLO]

bye bye brady! you are good for NOTHING and deserve EVERYTHING coming your way! You are a loser plain and simple

 

[Clark4Ever]

It's really getting pathetic how many players are requesting trades and then listing some combination of Florida, Vegas, Carolina and Tampa as the locations they'd accept trades to. Maybe it's always been like this and I just forgot but I can't recall stars throwing their hands up and then specifically requesting to be moved to Colorado, Detroit or New Jersey in the late 90s.

Agreed. Although I will give Brady and his brother credit for having the decency to let their former clubs know well in advance that they had no intention of re-signing and allowing the GMs to recoup maximum assets.