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

[Jocke1]

I wish there were online forums in the 80s, the Gretzky sucks crowd would have been a hoot.

There sort of was, in each issue the hockey news published peoples opinions in their fan forum, you just couldn't reply as easily as here on hf

 

[cowboy82nd]

Three 1sts and a 2nd is a not a bad haul for Ottawa. It's interesting that they didn't want Samoskevich instead.

Traded him to the Kraken for the 25th overall.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

How the f*** do you go from Carter Verhaeghe to a bunch of bullshit picks?

He’s going to be 31 entering next season. I’m not totally mad about it. Too old for the never-ending rebuild.

 

[TotalHomer]

The Panthers got fleeced. Brady is a good player, but he's also one of the most overrated players in the league.

I'm sure Tkachuk does well now that he is re-energized and can play behind several other forwards.

 

[Guess]

3 years is a long time.

Barkov, Reinhart, Verhaeghe, and Bennett will be 34. It gives Matthew T 3 more years to break down because of the type of player he is. Marchand will be in his 40's. Their 30 year old defensemen, which is all of them, will have that many more miles on those legs. If they were to get Hellebuyck, he's already 33.

How long do you think they have?

Yes, they will decline, but they won't drop to a team that doesn't make the playoffs or even gets close any spot with a likely good pick.

Plus 2029 is top 10 protected

 

[OtherThingsILike]

Traded him to the Kraken for the 25th overall.

Yes, which was the pick that Ottawa got here; I'm surprised that they didn't take Samoskevich instead of the pick.

 

[SpezDispenser]

Don’t know how much we suffer from not having Brady around, his offensive game will be missed but overall I think we can replace a lot of what he did away form the puck and certainly improve on speed in the top 6 and replace his production on the PP - can’t replace his net front and post up presence and how he got the puck to net. But overall internally we can replace 85% of what he did

I believe, truly, that he was no longer the straw that stirs the drink, that's Sanderson and Stutzle, so we're dealing with a top line player that needs to be replaced.

It's more than doable

 

[BraveCanadian]

Brady "Fully committed" to Ottawa Tkachuk?

 

[NyQuil]

How the f*** do you go from Carter Verhaeghe to a bunch of bullshit picks?

Ottawa also asked for Lundell. You can ask for whoever you want. Florida wants to win now so that's what they have to give.

 

[Transplanted Caper]

And he was cheeks in that Game 6 specifically even if he scored

3 of his 7 points in the G5 ass kicking. 2 of them on ENGs! He was fine, but nothing more than that against my Leafs.

 

[Hallzy]

I should change my last name to Tkachuk maybe my field will pay a premium too

 

[dgibb10]

How the f*** do you go from Carter Verhaeghe to a bunch of bullshit picks?

Probably when carter verhaeghe gets asked "hey do you wanna go to ottawa" and he says "no why would you ask me that"

 

[NyQuil]

I believe, truly, that he was no longer the straw that stirs the drink, that's Sanderson and Stutzle, so we're dealing with a top line player that needs to be replaced.

It's more than doable

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.

 

[Checkered]

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.

 

[KCC]

One of the most predictable trades ever. Called it back awhile ago as I'm sure others did as well.

 

[quat]

There's a very easy counterexample one can point to, and it happens to be one of the teams involved in this trade.

Sure, if you ignore the difficulties imposed by where they landed their arena.

For what it's worth, I've never criticised the Panthers for their years of struggles, because I know what that feels like.

Finally getting good management really turned the tide, and great for the long suffering fans and for hockey in general that the team is fun to watch. That said, I'm having a hard time feeling sorry for the Panthers cause other fans shit on them for suckling for decades.

 

[Tuna99]

I believe, truly, that he was no longer the straw that stirs the drink, that's Sanderson and Stutzle, so we're dealing with a top line player that needs to be replaced.

It's more than doable

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

 

[Transplanted Caper]

How the f*** do you go from Carter Verhaeghe to a bunch of bullshit picks?

To recoup assets to flip for something else feels like the glaringly obvious POV from Ottawa.

 

[sd1976]

Lots of people take Robertson over Barkov including Florida if they had the chance. Instead they got the shitter Tkachuk to go play with the good one.

*sh!ttier

 

[koyvoo]

Why exactly did Brady want out?

 

[quat]

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.

They used to leave to get paid before the salary cap. It's always going to be something, but it's still good to try and keep things on somewhat equal footing.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Why exactly did Brady want out?

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

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

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.

Why is that pathetic? Teams can trade a guy to wherever they want, whenever they want if it's in the best interest of the team. Why should players, who have some leverage, not be able to do what's best for them?

 

[NyQuil]

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.

It's happening more often because it's working.

NMCs were also more rare in the past. Now every contract has one.

 

[NYR94]

Interested to see who Ottawa acquires using those assets. Not surprised Brady ended up with his brother.