{"id":564099,"date":"2026-05-01T09:45:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/564099\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:45:32","slug":"brady-tkachuk-calls-trade-rumors-frustrating-to-deal-with-after-ottawa-senators-disappointing-playoff-exit-nhl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/564099\/","title":{"rendered":"Brady Tkachuk calls trade rumors frustrating to deal with after Ottawa Senators’ disappointing playoff exit | NHL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BradyBrady Tkachuk’s future has emerged critical amid their disappointing NHL campaign this season (I age via Getty Images) As speculation about Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk’s trade has mounted, the captain has finally stepped in to publicly address the growing speculation about his future, calling the constant trade rumors \u201cfrustrating\u201d after the team\u2019s first-round playoff elimination. According to reports, just hours after Ottawa’s postseason exit, Tkachuk’s future has emerged as critical amid their disappointing NHL<\/a> campaign this season.As per reports, the 26-year-old star forward has played his entire career in Ottawa and has two years remaining on his current contract, but a report earlier from NHL Insider David Pagnotta indicated that the Senators could potentially move Tkachuk at some point this offseason. Putting an end to the speculation, Tkachuk added that he remains fully committed to both the team and the city of Ottawa despite ongoing chatter surrounding his future. <\/p>\n

Brady Tkachuk addresses recent trade speculation around him despite ongoing chatter<\/p>\n

Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk<\/a> has publicly addressed the growing speculation about his future, calling the constant trade rumors \u201cfrustrating\u201d after the team\u2019s first-round playoff elimination. As per earlier reports, NHL rumors around Brady Tkachuk have gained momentum after the Ottawa Senators\u2019 playoff elimination. However, the player has called out the recent trade rumor, which was nothing but a distraction.When asked about the rumors, Tkachuk spoke on how he felt, \u201cI wasn\u2019t here for everybody\u2019s meetings (on Monday), so I haven\u2019t had the chance to talk to (Ottawa General Manager) Steve (Staios), but I feel like I\u2019ve answered this hundreds of times, that\u2026I feel like I\u2019ve never shown (a desire to leave),\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

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Brady Tkachuk End of Season Media AvailabilityHe further added how frustrating the speculation around his trade was, \u201cNone of those things have ever come out of my mouth, and quite honestly, it\u2019s just getting frustrating. It\u2019s becoming a distraction. I have been fully committed to this team, to this city, and it\u2019s just become a distraction, frustrating to deal with.\u201dThis statement confirms that the Senators’ captain should remain fully committed to the organization\u2019s long-term plans and has not decided to leave the team anytime soon.According to PuckPedia, Brady Tkachuk signed a 7-year, $57 million contract with a cap hit of $8.22 million per season for the Ottawa Senators. His contract expires at the end of the 2027-28 season, making Tkachuk an Unrestricted Free Agent. His annual salary this year was around $10.5 million. Apart from the trade speculation, the Senators were just knocked out of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second year in a row. According to reports, last season, they lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games, and this year, Ottawa was swept by the Carolina Hurricanes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brady Tkachuk’s future has emerged critical amid their disappointing NHL campaign this season (I age via Getty Images)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5104],"tags":[63435,63436,22015,63170,5,4,9902,72,25,5161,63434,5157,73],"class_list":["post-564099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa-senators","tag-brady-tkachuk-comments-on-trade-rumors","tag-brady-tkachuk-commitment-to-senators","tag-brady-tkachuk-contract-details","tag-brady-tkachuk-trade-rumors","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-trade-speculation","tag-ottawa","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-ottawa-senators-news","tag-ottawa-senators-playoff-exit","tag-ottawasenators","tag-senators"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116498682619592451","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}