Senators owner Michael Andlauer calls out and accuses the New York Rangers of tampering
The Ottawa Senators are furious over the recent speculation surrounding their captain Brady Tkachuk and the New York Rangers.
Just last week, Rangers insider Larry Brooks of the New York Post reported that the Rangers made Brady Tkachuk their primary trade target.
This clearly led to the Ottawa Senators and their owner Michael Andlauer being upset, resulting in them voicing their displeasure regarding this report, to TSN's Pierre LeBrun at the Board of Governors meeting.
«He's upset because it's the third time since he's been the owner of the Ottawa Senators that they've had to put out a fire concerning rumors around Brady Tkachuk and other teams being interested in him.»
Along with these reports, Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen also stated that Senators GM Steve Staios planned to meet with Tkachuk and have a conversation about shutting down these rumours.
Andlauer then continued to state the Ottawa Senators have zero intention on trading Brady Tkachuk at any point in time:
The Rangers organization also issued a statement denying any sort of tampering with the following comment:
Rangers GM Chris Drury also said that even though he's still open to trades, he wants to let the dust settle after moving on from their captain.
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DECEMBRE 9 | 456 ANSWERS Senators owner Michael Andlauer calls out and accuses the New York Rangers of tampering Do you think the New York Rangers will be penalized for "tampering"? | ||
| Yes | 101 | 22.1 % |
| No | 355 | 77.9 % |
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