NHL insider confirms unexpected Brady Tkachuk news
Brady Tkachuk and Travis Green head into Ottawa's summer with one reality still stronger than all the noise.
Bruce Garrioch's read cuts through the rumor fog fast. He says there is no need for the Senators to trade Tkachuk, and that he will likely be back next season.
That matters because the outside chatter has been moving like a trade is around the corner. Garrioch is pushing back on that hard.
The contract is the first reason why. Tkachuk has 2 years left on his deal, and Garrioch pointed out the full no-move clause.
That changes everything. Ottawa is not holding a player it can quietly shuffle somewhere else if the market gets loud for 2 days.
Tkachuk controls his future. That is the key line in Garrioch's view, and it should settle at least part of the panic around the captain.
The other part is simpler. Garrioch does not see urgency here.
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Unexpected Brady Tkachuk news just confirmed by NHL insider
That is the angle that keeps getting lost. The Senators are coming off a frustrating playoff exit, but frustration is not the same thing as a smart hockey reason to move your captain.
Tkachuk still matters too much to the identity of the team. He put up 22 goals and 59 points in 60 games this season.
Yes, the playoff line was ugly. He finished the Carolina series with 0 points in 4 games, and that always pours gas on the trade cycle.
But one bad round does not erase what he is to the room, to the market, and to the way Ottawa wants to play. Players with that mix do not get moved just because the internet gets impatient.
And the player himself already pushed back on the speculation. He said he has never said or done anything to suggest he wants out of Ottawa.
That matters alongside Garrioch's report. Put those 2 things together, and the clearest read is that this rumor wave is still bigger outside the organization than inside it.
Steve Staios has also publicly swatted away the chatter. Now Garrioch is reinforcing the same message from another angle: control and necessity.
That is why this feels important. Ottawa does not need to force a captain decision this summer, and the captain has the contractual power to stop one anyway.
So unless something changes in a big way, the loudest takeaway here is not that Brady Tkachuk is on the move.
It is that the Senators still look far more likely to open next season with No. 7 exactly where he has been.
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| Kirby Dach | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Brendan Gallagher | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jake Guentzel | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Dominic James | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alexandre Texier | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Zachary Bolduc | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Gage Goncalves | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Yanni Gourde | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Kaiden Guhle | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Lane Hutson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Alex Newhook | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nick Suzuki | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Noel Acciari | - | - | - | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Denver Barkey | - | - | - | |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | - | - | - | |
| Alex Bump | - | - | - | |
| Alexandre Carrier | - | - | - | |
| Noah Cates | - | - | - | |
| Cole Caufield | - | - | - | |
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| 2025-2026 NHL STANDINGS | ||||||
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Sabres | 82 | 50 | 23 | 9 | 109 | |
| Lightning | 82 | 50 | 26 | 6 | 106 | |
| Canadiens | 82 | 48 | 24 | 10 | 106 | |
| Bruins | 82 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 100 | |
| Senators | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 99 | |
| Red Wings | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 92 | |
| Panthers | 82 | 40 | 38 | 4 | 84 | |
| Maple Leafs | 82 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 78 | |
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Hurricanes | 82 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 113 | |
| Penguins | 82 | 41 | 25 | 16 | 98 | |
| Flyers | 82 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 98 | |
| Capitals | 82 | 43 | 30 | 9 | 95 | |
| Blue Jackets | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 92 | |
| Islanders | 82 | 43 | 34 | 5 | 91 | |
| Devils | 82 | 42 | 37 | 3 | 87 | |
| Rangers | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 77 | |
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Avalanche | 82 | 55 | 16 | 11 | 121 | |
| Stars | 82 | 50 | 20 | 12 | 112 | |
| Wild | 82 | 46 | 24 | 12 | 104 | |
| Mammoth | 82 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 92 | |
| Blues | 82 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 86 | |
| Predators | 82 | 38 | 34 | 10 | 86 | |
| Jets | 82 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 82 | |
| Blackhawks | 82 | 29 | 39 | 14 | 72 | |
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | ||
| Golden Knights | 82 | 39 | 26 | 17 | 95 | |
| Oilers | 82 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 93 | |
| Ducks | 82 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 92 | |
| Kings | 82 | 35 | 27 | 20 | 90 | |
| Sharks | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 86 | |
| Kraken | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 79 | |
| Flames | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 77 | |
| Canucks | 82 | 25 | 49 | 8 | 58 | |
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