Brady Tkachuk and the Ottawa Senators entered the 2024-25 NHL season eyeing a playoff push. To achieve this aim, the Senators made a massive change behind the bench over the summer. And new coach Travis Green instilled confidence in the current group.

Brady Tkachuk’s power-play goal early in the third period stood as the winner as the Ottawa Senators held on for a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Monday night.

And that's OK with Senators head coach Travis Green. The conundrum for the Ottawa Senators: Do you let Brady Tkachuk continue to be Brady Tkachuk? Or do you try to change his all-out, sometimes reckless mindset?

Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk is one of the NHL's best power forwards. He leads the Senators in goal scoring; he's their emotional leader and that rare bull-in-a-china-shop skill player who 31 general managers would kill to have on their team.