Brady Tkachuk

The Four Nations Face-Off final was equivalent to an All-Star exhibition game for Team USA

That term meant a lot... [Big Cat: You agree right, that was just the All-Star break?] I don't know if I answer that... Give's a shit about that. That's exhibition.

The USA's 2025 Four Nations Face-Off win will perfectly set the team up to win gold at the 2026 Olympics

I'm, I can't wait. Yeah, it's gonna be, I think it was the perfect thing to set up for the Olympics and, and gaining all these hockey fans... I really do know feel good about our team too, going into it.

I can definitely beat up my brother Matthew Tkachuk in a fight

Oh yeah. Oh yeah. [Big Cat: You could beat the fuck out of him?] I'll say and he'll see it and be like, yeah, he can. Oh, he knows. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The Ottawa Senators are a tough team to handle in a seven-game series and can do damage in the playoffs

I'm very confident in our team. I think just, we're a tough team to handle for seven game series, so we just gotta get there. But no, I think, no, all stars are kind of aligning for this year and just find a way to get in and I think we can do some damage.

Winning a Stanley Cup in Canada would make me 'Captain Canada'

I think about it all the time... [PFT: It'd be Captain Canada at that point.] Yeah. It's made me think about it too much. But I feel like I have my whole day planned when we win.