Brady Tkachuk

Braeden "Brady" Tkachuk is the current captain of the Ottawa Senators. Much like his father, Keith Tkachuk, and brother, Matthew Tkachuk, Brady is a power forward who is good at hockey and even better at stirring shit up on the ice. He is the most memeable Senator, possibly of all time.

The Draft Debacle
Ahead of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, Brady Tkachuk was billed as a middle-six forward that teams would likely overrate because of his physical style of play. The Senators were widely mocked for selecting him as early as 4th overall, including by their own fans. Many Sens fans were furious that the team would select him, especially since Filip Zadina was still available, and was at the time believed to have more offensive upside.

Brady Tkachuk proved all the haters wrong mere months later by making the jump to the NHL in 2018-19 and immediately looking like a top 6 forward. Zadina, on the other hand, has struggled in Detroit. Jesperi Kotkaniemi, an off-the-board pick by the Habs at 3rd overall, has also struggled, which makes everything all that much sweeter.

The Favourite Son
Brady's older brother, Matthew, plays for the Calgary Flames. Matthew plays a similar style of hockey to Brady, meaning that he is a pest who loves to get under people's skin and also puts up top 6 numbers. Fans like to imagine a heated rivalry between the two players, but as far as we can tell, they genuinely love each other and want to see each other succeed.

It's a running joke that their father, Keith Tkachuk, likes Brady a lot better than he likes Matthew. Keith has described Matthew as having a "punchable" face and stated that he's glad his sons don't play in the same conference because he "doesn't trust Matthew." The family also apparently writes chalkboard messages in the kitchen asking Matthew to leave.

Although Brady is undoubtedly the favourite son in the Tkachuk family, the favourite child is Brady's younger sister, Taryn Tkachuk. The order goes Taryn, then Brady, then Matthew.

Mark Stone's House
During his first season with the Senators, Brady Tkachuk lived with Mark Stone, who was his teammate at the time. The two had a great mentor-mentee relationship, but Stone was unfortunately traded to the Vegas Golden Knights at the trade deadline during that first season, leaving Brady Tkachuk all alone in his house. Tkachuk was 19 at the time.

Ahead of the shortened 2020-21 season, Brady, then 21, invited two of his teammates to live with him in Mark Stone's house: his best friend, Josh Norris, who was also 21, and 18-year-old Tim Stützle, who had just been drafted out of Germany. We can only imagine what those three got up to in that house, but we do know that they all became best friends. However, Norris and Stützle moved out in 2021-22.

Brady signed a 7-year contract extension in October 2021, but he is still living in Mark Stone's house.

Memes
Brady has a special talent for providing Sens Twitter with quality memes.

An incomplete list of Tkachuk memes includes:


 * The face he made when Maxime Lajoie said that he called his girlfriend before his mom when he made the team
 * That time he flossed at the All-Star game
 * That time a trainer fixed his helmet while it was still on his head
 * The Nerf sponsorship he did with his brother Matthew
 * The milk sponsorship
 * The picture of him walking shirtless out of a building