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Brady Tkachuk and Mackie Samoskevich were the first dominoes to fall, and the NHL trade market hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down in the days since. On Tuesday, the Calgary Flames acquired Simon Nemec from the New Jersey Devils, sending a pair of first-round picks back to New Jersey. Shortly after, the Ottawa…
On Tuesday afternoon, the Edmonton Oilers officially announced the hiring of Mike Babcock as their next head coach. They also brought in D.J. Smith, the former head coach of the Ottawa Senators, who most recently served as the interim head coach of the Los Angeles Kings, to join his staff as an assistant coach. Babcock […] The post Next move Oilers must make after hiring Mike Babcock as head coach appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Ottawa Senators have acquired forwards William Eklund and Kasper Halttunen along with the rights to unsigned draft pick Brandon Svoboda from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for the ninth overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft.
Eklund scored 15 goals and 53 points in 78 games with the Sharks during the 2025-26 season.
Welcome back to NHL Notebook — the series here at CanucksArmy where we deliver you news and notes from around the National Hockey League — oftentimes through a Vancouver Canucks-tinted lens! The Canucks’ rivals at the bottom of the Pacific Division are making some interesting moves. Flames acquire Simon Nemec from Devils On Tuesday, the Calgary Flames…
The Ottawa Senators have made their first move of the post-Brady Tkachuk era on Tuesday afternoon. The Sens have swung a deal with the San Jose Sharks to acquire forward William Eklund. Oh Ek YEAH! The #Sens have acquired forward William Eklund, Kasper Halttunen, and the rights to Brandon Svoboda in exchange for the 9th overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. pic.twitter.com/Q2PYSDVvzN — Ottawa Senators (@Senators) June 23, 2026 So the Sens trade one of the first-rounders they got in the Brady Tka...
Emma Lingan, Michael Augello and Frank Zawrazky discuss some of the newest Hockey Hall of Famers, what comes next for the Senators and Kraken, more Toronto goalie talk and more.
The first bombshell trade of the NHL offseason has come and gone, with former Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk being reunited with brother Matthew and the Florida Panthers on Sunday evening. Tkachuk now joins a powerhouse Panthers team that has won two of the last three Stanley Cups, and will be well-positioned to make another […] The post Panthers’ Brady Tkachuk gets real on Senators trade request appeared first on ClutchPoints .
As it stands, the Calgary Flames have four second-round picks. We’ve already looked at the history of the other three, but the 55th overall pick, originally owned by the Ottawa Senators, is an interesting one. Unlike the 51st overall pick, it hasn’t produced a Hall of Famer, but on top of a handful of All-Stars,…
The hockey world is still buzzing about the blockbuster deal that sent Brady Tkachuk from Ottawa to Florida. That’s where the conversation started on the Tuesday edition of Leafs Morning Take. Now that we’ve had a bit of time to digest everything, Rosie and I shared our thoughts on the trade and, more importantly, what…
Brady Tkachuk says his decision to leave the Ottawa Senators was neither rushed nor easy. Days after the Florida Panthers acquired the former Ottawa captain in a blockbuster NHL trade, Tkachuk addressed the factors behind his trade request. While speculation…
The Ottawa Senators were expected to have a big summer this year after reaching the Stanley Cup Playoffs for a second straight campaign, but shockingly, they started things off with a bang.Following plenty of Brady Tkachuk speculation over the past six months following the 2026 Olympic Games, the team got out ahead of it and […] The post Ottawa Senators Targeting Former No. 1 Pick as Brady Tkachuk Replacement appeared first on HEAVY .
Brothers Brady and Matthew Tkachuk commented Tuesday on having the opportunity to be teammates with the Florida Panthers this coming season.
Following his trade to the Florida Panthers, former Senators captain Brady Tkachuk broke his silence with a farewell message to the fans in Ottawa.
On Sunday, the Ottawa Senators pulled off a major move with the Florida Panthers, sending captain Brady Tkachuk to the Panthers, where he will now play with his brother Matthew Tkachuk.In return, the Senators did not receive any NHL players or prospects, but multiple draft choices. They received three first-round draft picks (Nos. 9 and […] The post Chris Pronger Sounds Off After Stunning Brady Tkachuk Trade From Maple Leafs’ Rival appeared first on HEAVY .
The Ottawa Senators made the blockbuster trade of the summer on Sunday when they dealt captain Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers for a haul of three first-round picks — two of which are in Friday’s draft — and a second-round selection. After missing the postseason for seven straight seasons, the Senators have now reached…
On Sunday, the Ottawa Senators traded Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers. Over at Sportsnet, Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas discussed Tkachuk’s trade on the latest edition of the 32 Thoughts podcast. As part of that discussion, Friedman circled back to the 2022 trade that sent Brady’s older brother, Matthew, from the Calgary Flames to…
The Ottawa Senators & Florida Panthers shocked the hockey world on Sunday with the blockbuster move of Brady Tkachuk to Ft. Lauderdale to join his brother. But the all-draft assets return that Ottawa got isn't the end of this story. Insider Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen fully expects Sens GM Steve Staios now to take some of those assets and go "Big Game Hunting" to try to find some significant scoring help. A league executive told him that the Senators "were actively seeking...
While there have already been a handful of trades so far in the NHL offseason, the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers have pulled off the biggest move so far. The Senators traded captain Brady Tkachuk, whom they selected in the first round of the 2018 NHL Draft, to the Panthers in return for multiple draft […] The post Senators’ Steve Staios drops ‘comfortable’ truth bomb on Brady Tkachuk trade appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The landscape of the NHL was shaken up in a major way this offseason with some big-time trades, none more notable that the deal that sent Ottawa Senators star Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers to play with his brother, Matthew. However, one of the deals that is flying a bit under the radar is […] The post Maple Leafs’ Darren Raddysh breaks silence on joining hometown team appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Florida Panthers acquired forward Brady Tkachuk from the Ottawa Senators on Sunday. Ottawa received three first-round draft selections and one second-round selection in the deal, with Florida sending its 2026 first-round pick, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 2026 first-round pick (previously acquired via the Seattle Kraken), a 2027 second-round pick, and a 2029 first-round pick […] The post Panthers star Brady Tkachuk’s new jersey number revealed appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Brady Tkachuk‘s trade from the Ottawa Senators to the Florida Panthers may be remembered for more than just hockey reasons. The blockbuster move highlighted a growing trend across the NHL, where star players are increasingly controlling where they play. Tkachuk…
If the walls in Winnipeg could talk, they’d tell you that Keith Tkachuk was persona non grata 500 miles north of St. Paul. He’s also probably not welcome in Minnesota’s capital city after the Ottawa Senators traded his son, Brady Tkachuk, to the Florida Panthers over the weekend. The trade reu...
The Ottawa Senators have been building a very good young core over the past five years, and after back-to-back appearances in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, there’s plenty of optimism for the future.On Sunday, they decided to make a blockbuster deal, trading away captain Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers, acquiring picks No. 9 and 25 […] The post Ottawa Senators Targeting Young Anaheim Ducks Star After Brady Tkachuk Trade appeared first on HEAVY .
Ottawa dealt its captain to the Florida Panthers for four draft picks, with Tkachuk now joining his brother.