If Ottawa misses the playoffs, do you think Brady Tkachuk will ask for a trade?

[slapKing]

This is Brady's 7th season with the sens, and it looks like they might not make the playoffs again. Assuming they do miss, do you think he will ask for a trade?

Note, his brother Matthew made the playoffs with the flames 4/6 times, and still left. Would Brady really stick around for another season, in your opinion?

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[Coffee]

They’ll get red hot once officially eliminated, affirming to him everything will be all right next year

 

[SENStastic]

Unfortunately yes I think he will, especially since his NMC will kick in next summer so he will control where he goes, and after spending 7 years here without getting close to seeing a playoff game. He has no ties to the city historically and he just saw his brother lift the cup a few month ago while not playing a single playoff game himself, I can't blame him too much at this point with the outlook of the current lineup. I doubt he wants to spend the rest of his prime on a bottom dweller anymore. There should be a major shakeup shakeup this offseason if they don't make the cut again this year.

 

[StreetHawk]

This is Brady's 7th season with the sens, and it looks like they might not make the playoffs again. Assuming they do miss, do you think he will ask for a trade?

Note, his brother Matthew made the playoffs with the flames 4/6 times, and still left. Would Brady really stick around for another season, in your opinion?

Ottawa will need to be sure he’s committed. He begins trade protection in July. So then leverage switches at that point.

 

[Albatros]

Unfortunately yes I think he will, especially since his NMC will kick in next summer so he will control where he goes

Haha. Signed until 2028 he has no leverage. If he wants out he'll take the best deal for the team.

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

I think so.

He'll be 26 next year and seems like the type of dude who wants to play for a cup as soon as possible.

 

[hockey20000]

his ass better not or he's dead to me lol

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

No. All his friends are on the team. He's the captain and face of the franchise. He just had a young kid and is starting a family in Ottawa.

If he asks for a trade it will be because the media and fans will turn on him if the losing continues and essentially run him out of town like they did with Spezza.

 

[Voight]

Yea, especially after his brother left his team and saw immediate success. Yes, the Flames had an older core and their best player had just left but seven straight years of an early offseason is frustrating for any player. I dont think he want to spend his prime years watching the playoffs from the comfort of his home.

 

[elmaco]

I hope so.

 

[Halakitlikethat]

I would if I was him

 

[Divine]

I don't even think he wants to be there today. He's playing it smart though and going to ask for a trade on July 1st when his NMC kicks in so he effectively chooses his destination.

That seems to be the route most Ottawa captains go for.

 

[Craig Button]

No
but in the 26-27 season. Yes

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

If the team doesn't make the playoffs, he's going to be a big part of why. I don't see them taking the C away from him, I think they'd just have to move him.

Staios has a hard decision but if they're out of the playoffs, I think Brady is gone before the trade protection kicks in.

 

[Albatros]

I don't even think he wants to be there today. He's playing it smart though and going to ask for a trade on July 1st when his NMC kicks in so he effectively chooses his destination.

Why would he choose his destination while out of his own volition requesting a trade? His NMC is irrelevant in that situation, Ottawa won't be desperate to get rid of him.

 

[KCC]

Watch him go to florida.

 

[Divine]

Why would he choose his destination while out of his own volition requesting a trade? His NMC is irrelevant in that situation, Ottawa won't be desperate to get rid of him.

Just because you want out of one place, it doesn’t mean you’re willing to go anywhere. Happened with Heatley in Ottawa too, demanded a trade and then vetoed a trade to Edmonton until he got a destination he wanted.

Ottawa doesn’t have to move him whether or not he requests a trade. It just looks bad on the organization when you’re clinging on to a captain who wants out. I’m sure the fans would boo him at that point and it’s in no one’s best interest to keep him around.

 

[Albatros]

Heatley was the best-paid player in the league in a diminishing role under Clouston, it was first and foremost the coach that didn't want him.

 

[BLNY]

The Sens may consider it regardless. The NMC kicks in July 1st.

 

[sensfan4lifee]

He's not getting traded close the thread

 

[Suntouchable13]

I would if I was him anyway. I feel for Ottawa, I really do, but it would sicken me as a player that each time another Canadian team comes into your barn at least half the people in attendance are the opposing team fans. There were tons of Canuck fans in the building it looked like. Just brutal for the players.

 

[wintersej]

Why would he choose his destination while out of his own volition requesting a trade? His NMC is irrelevant in that situation, Ottawa won't be desperate to get rid of him.

If your captain has publicly requested a trade, I don’t think you are thinking it through. It would make the whole team toxic.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

He should , good for the league

 

[Sting]

I would if I was him anyway. I feel for Ottawa, I really do, but it would sicken me as a player that each time another Canadian team comes into your barn at least half the people in attendance are the opposing team fans. There were tons of Canuck fans in the building it looked like. Just brutal for the players.

I don't think it has anything to do with that.

It's moreso that Tkachuk was put into a role that he is simply not suited for. He is not good enough to be the "main guy" of a team. You put him on a club like the Rangers, or Jets, or Oilers etc. where he doesn't need to be the leader and I think he'd do well.

If you were to compare him to the three prior Ottawa captains (Karlsson, Spezza, Alfredsson) he is many tiers below.

 

[MXD]

I mean... should they miss the playoffs, he'd be one of the reasons why they did.