WhyHockey 6.24.26: Julian McKenzie on the Senators side of the Brady Tkachuk trade

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

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Intro and outro music is “Arcade Montage” by Lee Rosevere from his album “Music for Podcasts 3”, which you can find here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/lee-rosevere/music-for-podcasts-beats/arcade-montage/

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