https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6542843/2025/08/12/tkachuk-matthew-brady-brothers-nhl-26-ea-sports/
It’s been a few months since the Tkachuk brothers last faced any physical microphones, but they’ve already sat for three interviews on this August afternoon when they join their final Zoom call of the day. Brady, 25, appears to be at a computer in a home office, while Matthew, 27, holds a phone from a living room couch. As the conversation begins, the elder Tkachuk cautions that neither are in peak media shape.
“We’re rusty, we haven’t done it in a few months,” Matthew says. “So, (we) could only handle four today.”
The brothers soon find their gear. They are laid-back, yet still excited about the mini-junket’s pretext: Matthew, a back-to-back Stanley Cup champion with the Florida Panthers, has landed on the standard cover of “EA Sports NHL 26,” the newest release of the most famous hockey video game ever. Joining him in a family photo on the front of an early-access “Deluxe Edition” are both Brady, the Ottawa Senators’ captain, and their father, former NHLer Keith Tkachuk.
“I think our 10-year-old selves would be losing their minds seeing that we’re on a cover of the NHL game that we loved playing growing up,” Brady says.
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Gross.
To my mind they already are, but only because I can’t stand any of them.
(I do have some grudging respect for Matthew because I liked a lot of what he said on Face Off.)
Terrible news fellas
They’re the least likable players in the league by a mile
No.
>Tkachuks: cunts
>Kelces: not cunts
Hope that clears that up.
Can they stop being dumbass bigots? Because it seems like that’s a necessary precursor.
One Kelce brother is a super-charming and charismatic guy who feels like a normal dude despite being an incredibly accomplished self-made man in a couple of different fields. The other Kelce brother is dating Taylor Swift, which is a big enough deal that large numbers of Swifties are both watching football and following the Kelce brothers’ podcast exclusively so they can keep on top of what’s going on with Taylor’s boyfriend.
Do the Tkachuk brothers have any of that going on for them?
Unless one of them starts dating the biggest pop star on the planet, it’s unlikely.