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

[KingsHockey24]

Wait - does Florida have cap space?

 

[Toene]

Zito overpaid on this one...
Rare misstep from the best GM but this team is nasty.

We still need a goalie though.

What do you figure a first-line forward with size would be worth then?

 

[Ghost of Murph]

3 words: Hol Eeeee Smokes!

 

[Laus723]

So does Quitt Hughes….

Can’t blame him with all the mess there, though. Vancouvers one of the only Canadian teams I hope does well. Was a good trade.

 

[mogambomoroo]

Jesus, having a team with M.Tkachuk, B.Tkachuk, Bennett and Marchand... Maximum pain in the ass for other teams

 

[Heldig]

Not getting a single player back is insane, just draft picks makes no sense

They surely are going to flip them???

 

[ZombosNose]

Hole eeee sheet

 

[Beerz]

I effing hate this for the Atlantic but my God it is beautiful seeing the melt down

 

[Empoleon8771]

I don't see why anyone is shit talking Tkachuk here. He didn't ask for a trade, all he did was tell Ottawa he didn't intend on re-signing in 2028. He had a full NMC and was allowed to pick any locations he wanted to go to with that. Ottawa took what they thought was the best deal from a team Florida would waive for.

It's just annoying that the team ended up Florida. Tkachuk did nothing wrong here, and neither did the Senators. They knew he wouldn't re-sign, so they wanted to cash in on his value now rather than wait.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Sens are pretty soft now. They need to pick up some size/grit or actually play MacDermid.

 

[Puckstop40]

If the Panthers stay healthy, it’s going to be very hard to stop them.

 

[SML2]

The rest of the league's best hope now is to keep sending their podcast free BBQ and burgers as "sponsors" and hope they blow up to parade float size like the old man.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Requesting trades to Florida and screwing your team over so you can coast in a low pressure market to a cup is pathetic. There is no way around that.

Yea there is, he owes them nothing.

 

[Cats2TheCup]

Adding a weak playoff performer is kind of an odd move for the Panthers when they're trying to win now though

Same thing yall said about Matthew Tkachuk. Well we all saw how that turned out

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Detroit is screwed

 

[Caspian]

Wait - does Florida have cap space?

Bobrovsky's 10m is off the books...


but they do need to sign a goalie

 

[Pavels Dog]

People keep saying this. The Sens can use those picks in trades to acquire roster players.

People are acting like Ottawa has to just draft 4 players with the 4 picks.

They ”can” but it’s not a given.

- Player has to be available
- Player (realistically) needs to be interested in going to / signing with Ottawa
- Player has to be legit top 6 caliber
etc.

It’s totally fair to question this return until subsequent moves happen.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Good return, I'm happy

 

[BertCorbeau]

Trouba.

And Andersson for good reason

 

[Matt24]

Whoever they pick at 9 is probably two years away from NHL play at minimum. Whoever they pick at 25 might not even make it. And then you have to wait 3 years ago. How is this even explainable?

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Most good teams don't care about their picks if they are attempting to win cups and the Panthers are going to be one of the cup favourites for the next half a decade.

I was responding to the poster that said it was a light return.

 

[tmlmatus]

not a bad return tbh

 

[finaliz3d]

Best top 6 in the league if they're all healthy?

I mean... yeah.

You don't get much better than

Verhaeghe-Barkov-Reinhart
Tkachuk-Bennett-Tkachuk

And then you would still have Lundell-Marchand with one of Luostarinen or Rodrigues.... oh and they still have 7m in cap.

 

[Hodge]

People keep saying this. The Sens can use those picks in trades to acquire roster players.

People are acting like Ottawa has to just draft 4 players with the 4 picks.

I mean we know what the value of the 25th pick and a 2nd is. Mackie Samoskevich. That's the kind of roster player you can expect with half the return.

2029 1st very likely to be in the 25th overall range too.

 

[Cats2TheCup]

I thought they were going for Helly.

Zito is cooking. Helly is coming.