Ottawa media was not happy… even thought the comments were about the Florida Panthers<\/p>\n
PublishedApril 3, 2026 4:20 PM EDT\u2022UpdatedApril 3, 2026 4:20 PM EDT<\/p>\n
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It has been a bit of a strange season for the Ottawa Senators, with the latest off-ice distraction coming this week as captain Brady Tkachuk<\/a> is defending his dad, NHL great Keith Tkachuk, over comments he made on his podcast.<\/p>\n Keith Tkachuk was a guest on Brady and his brother, Panthers’ star Matthew Tkachuk’s, podcast, when he started talking about the toughness of NHLers these days.<\/p>\n This is hilarious, because by modern standards, hockey players are as tough as they come\u2026 but, back in Big Walt’s day, they were even tougher.<\/p>\n “Holy Christ, his whole team,” Tkachuk said, referring to Matthew’s Florida Panthers. “My pinky hurts. I\u2019m out for six to eight (weeks).”<\/p>\n “I knew that was coming. I knew right when he said that, I was like \u2018Don\u2019t say it,\u2019” Matthew said<\/p>\n “\u2018I just had a bad sleep, so I can\u2019t play today,'” Keith continued. “Oh my god, disgusting\u2026. \u2018I can\u2019t play back-to-back.’ \u2018Rest management.'”<\/p>\n “That is crazy. Back-to-back, that used to not be\u2026 whatever,” Matthew agreed.<\/p>\n “Grant Fuhr played seventy games in one year. Seventy-six,” Keith said.<\/p>\n Now, remember, that started with Keith talking about the Panthers.<\/p>\n