The Ottawa Senators did the best they could in trading Brady Tkachuk, and now they’ll look to add to improve their roster
NHL Media: Elliotte Friedman, when asked about the Ottawa Senators and where they sit after the Brady Tkachuk trade. They’ve got three first-round picks to work with. They’ll be looking to add and not rebuild.
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Friedman: “I think Ottawa just decided to make the best deal they could and get it over with, and that’s what they did. And now I think they’re going to use the picks they got to try to, try to add, because a lot of their players are still in their primes, and I just don’t think rebuilding makes a lot of sense to them right now.
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Lauren Gardner: “Yeah, Elliot, that was going to be my second question. Ottawa makes it to the postseason for the first time in a long time, and back-to-back years now. This trade doesn’t involve a player directly, but it does have those first-round picks, as well as the second-rounder. How would you personally assess the value that Ottawa got in return?
Friedman: “You know what, it’s not Brady Tkachuk, I think we all know that Lauren, it’s, it’s a disappointing day for the Sanders and their fans, but you have to move on, right? And you know, obviously they didn’t get equal value, I think everybody knows that, but they were up against it.
And so the way I look at it is, judge them by where they go from here. They’re going to turn their team over to Tim Stutzle and Jake Sanderson, and the thing is, those guys are locked in on really good value contracts by NHL standards, especially with the cap exploding. And they’re still young, they’ve got a lot of great years ahead of them.
So that’s why I don’t believe that Ottawa is done. I think they will look at this, as we had to do this. We don’t like we had to do it, but now we have some things that we can do to add. And I don’t think they’re done. I think they will try to add.
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You know, that Atlantic, Lauren, look at that division. That thing is going to be a bear next year, with Florida signaling that they’re back after missing the playoffs. And I think Ottawa is going to say, it doesn’t benefit us to rebuild, not where we are with a lot of our players currently.”
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