The Ottawa Senators aren’t trading Brady Tkachuk unless they absolutely have to
NHL Network: Elliotte Friedman, when asked about the Ottawa Senators and Brady Tkachuk and if there’s anything new. Friedman doesn’t think the Senators would consider it unless he comes to them and tells them he wants to move on.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“So I just think, I just think that I, if you listen to Ottawa this week, they’re not doing it. They are not doing it until they are absolutely told they have to do it. And the Senators are sensitive about it, and clearly, Tkachuk is sensitive about it.
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And until, the way I look at it is, the Ottawa Senators are not trading this player unless they are told they absolutely have to. And so I am going at it in that way, Brian, until the Senators are informed, or if they’re informed, they have to do it. They’re just not doing it.”
Three potential bold moves the Nashville Predators could consider
Alex Daugherty of The Tennessean: The Nashville Predators are still searching for their next GM. Aside from some free agent decisions they’ll have to make shortly after they’re hired, here are three bold move they could consider.
Buyout out Jonathan Marchessault? Things haven’t worked out as either side had hoped. Finding a trade partner would be ideal, but he has three years left at $5.5 million. A buyout would save the Predators $1.2 million off his cap next year, two years of $2.3 million savings, and then just a $961,000 cap hit for years four through six. Matt Duchene‘s dead cap space goes down to $1.5 million next year.
Trade for Philadelphia Flyers’ Matvei Michkov – His numbers dropped this past season under Rick Tocchet. Could the Predators entice the Flyers with a 2026 first and third-round pick, and 2023 first-round pick Tanner Molendyk?
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Send an offer sheet to Dallas Stars’ Jason Robertson – Robertson will be looking for some around $12 million, and it wouldn’t be easy for the Stars to match. An offer sheet between $9.3 and $11.7 million costs two first-round picks, a second and a third. Over $11.7 million is four first-round picks.
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