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

[Bradely]

Marchy is a unicorn trust me I'm a bruins fan I know him. The east is screwed with this move tonight.

Marshy is one of my two favourite Bruins. I am also a Bruins fan and got to watch him all his career. I know he might get to it, but at 39, I always tend to be careful, expectations are made on what he did, not where he might currently be

 

[Panteras]

...you seriously think you can get Hellebuyck by offering picks 4+ years away??...if ANY NHL GM did that, they should be fired out of a cannon immediately...

a cannon, a trebouchet, i really don't care what you use to be honest

 

[The don godfather]

Simple solution, switch the revenue split to 60-40 for the players and I'm sure there'd be little push-back.

Just ban the NMC regarding trades and this will be fixed players should have no power to where they wanna go they lucky enough to play in the NHL these guys should do a normal retail job for example to see what's it like out there.

 

[Sensinitis]

Man I hope Sens fans boo this clown when he returns. f*** this shit

Same here. I hope Sens fans boo the **** out of this podcast clown. I definitely will

 

[BergevinBurner]

This is the type of move that could put a franchise back decades.

Take it down a level, we're taking about Brady Tkachuk here lol.

 

[cowboy82nd]

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.

Nobody that knows hockey is taking Robertson over Barkov. Just stop.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

...you seriously think you can get Hellebuyck by offering picks 4+ years away??...if ANY NHL GM did that, they should be fired out of a cannon immediately...

Few of us Florida fans are really that concerned about acquiring Helley. Our Vezina goalie sucked behind the AHL team last year, so we're mostly hoping for better injury luck. Having said that, we could still use an average goalie or two.

 

[eviohh26]

Brady is kinda pooop imo. good for the sens.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Just ban the NMC regarding trades and this will be fixed players should have no power to where they wanna go they lucky enough to play in the NHL these guys should do a normal retail job for example to see what's it like out there.

I'm not sure you get how negotiations between unions and owners go. Yes, they are a thing.

 

[cowboy82nd]

No. The nhl restricts salaries. Ever player has equal ability to apply for endorsements. If the NHL chooses to artificially cap endorsements. Then yes that should be fair.

But it is is a secondary thing outside of player contracts. It's not at all the same.

Money is money, right.

 

[Pebble live]

Just ban the NMC regarding trades and this will be fixed players should have no power to where they wanna go they lucky enough to play in the NHL these guys should do a normal retail job for example to see what's it like out there.

I'm fine with NMC or NTC's but after the age of 30. After 30 guys have families established and I'm fine with giving them that option.... if they've earned it.

Unfortunately if a large number of teams agree not to give them out you'll have at least one team who;s willing to go against the grain...

Guaranteed an organization like Vegas would be waiting in the weeds to use it against other teams who refused to hand them out.

 

[Sensinitis]

I disagree…

It’s not dealing Brady that’s the issue. It’s not getting a decent roster player back that is bad business.

Three first round picks is ok value on paper but there’s no guarantees they amount to anything. It’s not a great message to send the roster today that’s expected to be entering playoff contention every year.

The only first round pick Ottawa plans on using this year is their own, and that's only because the NHL is forcing them to since it was given back to them after the whole Vegas trade fiasco with Dumbo Dorion.

That means we still have two 2026 1st rounders to play with at the draft to get a good player (Robertson?).

Not to mention future 1st rounders next year and Florida's 2029 1st round pick.

There's an opportunity to get very creative next Friday.

 

[The don godfather]

I'm not sure you get how negotiations between unions and owners go. Yes, they are a thing.

Unions are too powerful now this is why this is happening in my opinion. NMC clauses are killing teams and fans bases are getting pissed.

 

[slimey]

are we just allowing Ottawa to be an NHL farm team

they cant keep anyone

 

[Ianturnedbull]

Brady Tkachuk is not a franchise player. I say that with him being my current profile pic.

Who is your franchise player then? How many Sens are of his stature?

I know he betrayed the fans, but he must have been considered the face of franchise at one point.

 

[Sensmileletsgo]

Brady is kinda pooop imo. good for the sens.

Nonsense. He didn’t have a great year but other than that he has been great on the Sens. I have no doubt he will have a monster season and earn himself a huge contract. Playing with all that talent in Florida will help his game big time.

 

[slimey]

Who is your franchise player then? How many Sens are of his stature?

I know he betrayed the fans, but he must have been considered the face of franchise at one point.

He was literally screaming this is my house after scoring goals in last years playoffs and senator fans absolutely loved it. Lol turncoats

 

[Pebble live]

Unions are too powerful now this is why this is happening in my opinion. NMC clauses are killing teams and fans bases are getting pissed.

Agreed. Fans and owners. If I'm the Senators right now I'm pissed this guy had this much control over my roster and the future of my team.

This should be a major point of negotiation for the next CBA. Too many teams and fan bases getting f***ed because of silver spoon nepo babies.

 

[Sensinitis]

Who is your franchise player then? How many Sens are of his stature?

I know he betrayed the fans, but he must have been considered the face of franchise at one point.

He might have been considered the face of the franchise at one point, but that doesn't mean his talent level merits the title of franchise player.

I believe Stutzle and Sanderson are the Sens only franchise players.

 

[DuklaNation]

NBA had a similar problem with long term contracts. Players wouldn't care about playing well. But teams were stuck with them and fanbases suffered during long stretches of bad records. Then they limited contract durations.

 

[Kimota]

I want to go play with my brother! League:"OK"

I swear we have become worse than the NBA now.

 

[thadd]

I'm very curious what goes out and buys with those picks. They don't want to go back into a rebuild. That's for sure. I'll be surprised if they draft the 9th OA pick.

 

[The don godfather]

Agreed. Fans and owners. If I'm the Senators right now I'm pissed this guy had this much control over my roster and the future of my team.

This should be a major point of negotiation for the next CBA. Too many teams and fan bases getting f***ed because of silver spoon nepo babies.

I feel for the sens fans it seems they have to keep rebuilding every 5 years . This league has a bad leak and it's called NMC. Owners should lock out the players and get something done.

 

[Korpse]

Who is your franchise player then? How many Sens are of his stature?

I know he betrayed the fans, but he must have been considered the face of franchise at one point.

I guess it depends on what you mean by face of the franchise. Are you talking as a brand or ability?

Interms of brand, Brady Tkachuk was the biggest. If your talking ability? I don't know any franchise players who are 11th on their team in TOI/GP.

 

[Leafs87]

Value is strong if you wanted to move. Don’t think the Sens necessarily wanted to move him though. Also this was an unrumoured by highly predictable base (9th+)