About this episode

Julian McKenzie joins to discuss the Senators' perspective on the Brady Tkachuk trade and its implications.

After Tommy and I reacted to the Brady Tkachuk trade from the Florida side of the equation, I wanted to get more of a Senators perspective on the trade and Julian McKenzie of the Athletic joined me to talk about his view of all the news and more including: 6:00: How has Julian digested the last few days of Senators news? 11:00: Brady Tkachuk’s unique impact as a Sens player, captain and piece of a long rebuild and that impact on the feelings towards his departure 17:15: Could this relationship have ended more amicably? 24:00: Steve Staios deciding to pull the chute when he did and how he did 27:45: Is there an actual problem with players wanting to stay and play in Canadian and some US markets right now, is it a perception issue or something else? 35:00: William Eklund thoughts Enjoy the show! Apple Podcasts: Spotify: Follow us on social media: Matt Lichtenstadter is @MattsMusings1 on Bluesky and Twitter, @mattlichtenstadter on Instagram Julian is @jkamckenzie on Bluesky and Twitter WhyHockey is @WhyHockey on Twitter Intro and outro music is “Arcade Montage” by Lee Rosevere from his album “Music for Podcasts 3”, which you can find here…

People in this episode

Host: Matt Lichtenstadter

Guest: Julian McKenzie

Topics covered

• Brady Tkachuk trade
• Senators perspective
• NHL news
• player impact
• Canadian markets
• hockey rebuild

Keywords

• Brady Tkachuk
• Julian McKenzie
• Senators
• NHL trade
• Steve Staios
• hockey
• Canadian markets
• William Eklund

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Athletic

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