Brady Tkachuk<\/a> has been traded to the Florida Panthers, a major transaction that strengthens a division rival of the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\nPierre LeBrun was the first to report the news.<\/p>\n
Elliotte Friedman then confirmed the information.<\/p>\n
The Panthers are acquiring one of the league’s most dominant forwards, and most importantly, they are reuniting the Tkachuk brothers!<\/p>\n
The price paid is obviously substantial.<\/p>\n
Friedman provided the details:<\/p>\n
Several draft picks are involved.<\/p>\n
The package includes the #9 and #25 selections this year (first round picks), along with a first-round pick in 2029 and a second-round pick in 2030.<\/p>\n
Panthers load up in the Atlantic as Brady Tkachuk trade raises the stakes for Montreal<\/p>\n
The Panthers, of course, play in the same division as the Canadiens.<\/p>\n
Adding a player of Tkachuk’s caliber makes them even more threatening, without a doubt.<\/p>\n
It remains to be seen how the Montreal Canadiens will respond to their rivals, but what a trade!<\/p>\n
See the trade details here:<\/p>\n
“9 & 25 this year, first 2029 and a second in 2030”<\/p>\n
– Elliotte Friedman<\/p>\n
That is what the Senators are receiving (from the Panthers) in exchange for Brady Tkachuk.<\/p>\n
Tkachuk’s 37 assists and 22 goals in 60 games this season show exactly why the Panthers paid such a steep price to bring another elite power forward into the Atlantic Division.<\/p>\n
For Montreal, this is the kind of move that cannot be ignored. Florida was already one of the toughest teams in the Atlantic Division, and adding Brady Tkachuk only makes the path more difficult for the Canadiens.<\/p>\n
Kent Hughes now has even more pressure to respond, because the Panthers just made a major statement.<\/p>\n
And you, what is your opinion on this major trade completed between the Ottawa Senators and the Florida Panthers?<\/p>\n
This story is certainly going to generate plenty of discussion!<\/p>\n
Previously on Montreal Hockey Fanatics<\/p>\n
POLL<\/p>\n
1 HOUR AGO|195 ANSWERS<\/p>\n
Brady Tkachuk traded to Panthers in blockbuster move to join Matthew in Florida<\/p>\n
Who do you think won this trade?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Photo credit: Marc DesRosiers-IMAGN Images We have a major trade to announce. A bombshell in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5103],"tags":[536,265,2300,57,5,94,264,21,5147,4,25,57942],"class_list":["post-604082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal-canadiens","tag-brady-tkachuk","tag-canadiens","tag-elliotte-friedman","tag-florida-panthers","tag-hockey","tag-matthew-tkachuk","tag-montreal","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-montrealcanadiens","tag-nhl","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-trade-alert"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116790799085987218","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604082","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=604082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Ottawa](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/672473.webp\" "\\"Ottawa")
<\/p>\n