Report: Tkachuk brothers' podcast 'caused some problems' in Senators dressing room

One of the biggest moves of the NHL offseason came before the draft in June when the Ottawa Senators traded captain and star winger Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers, where he will team up with his older brother and American Olympic teammate Matthew for the two-time Stanley Cup champions.

The extent to which the younger Tkachuk actively wanted out of Ottawa has been the subject of plenty of debates and reporting in the weeks since. In this season’s final episode of his podcast "32 Thoughts," Sportsnet NHL insider Elliotte Friedman provided additional context on the status of the Senators’ locker room’s relationship with its captain in the final days of his tenure, specifically relating to "Wingmen," a podcast Brady co-hosted with Matthew.

“It was time,” Friedman said of the trade on the podcast. “It was time to end the noise around the whole situation… Post-Olympics, it was time. A lot was going on, and the players were tired of it… 

"I did have someone who reached out to me, one of the players, and said the only thing he felt that we should have added was the podcast. And he said the podcast caused some problems, and it was just time.”