Trade Request: Senators Owner Contradicts Brady Tkachuk

After years of uncertainty about his future, Brady Tkachuk was traded to the Panthers during the last offseason. The former Senators captain, who had publicly committed to the team at the end of last season, privately requested a trade.
Just goes to show you have to take what's said publicly with a grain of salt, you know.
It's worth noting that at the time of the trade, Tkachuk had insisted that his brother's presence in Florida wasn't the reason behind his trade request. There were reasons to