{"id":472096,"date":"2026-02-16T14:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/472096\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T14:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:29:11","slug":"flyers-travis-sanheim-shares-honest-opinion-of-tkachuk-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/472096\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyers\u2019 Travis Sanheim shares honest opinion of Tkachuk brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matthew and Brady Tkachuk are some of the most notorious pests in the NHL. Constantly getting into scrums after the whistle, causing massive problems for their opposition, and just being a general nuisance is what they thrive off of \u2014 and of course scoring loads of goals and points and being impactful players when they\u2019re actually playing hockey.<\/p>\n

But in a recent interview clip, Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Travis Sanheim let the world know that he doesn\u2019t really like either of them and wouldn\u2019t want to be around them for too long.<\/p>\n

With the 2026 Winter Olympics taking place, it\u2019s the opportunity to get the players all together as they\u2019re representing their country and get little viral moments out of what they say off the ice. Whether it\u2019s fun little quizzes or lighthearted polls, almost every single rightsholder got to produce their own montage of question and answers for social media.<\/p>\n

Travis Sanheim voices his opinion on Matthew and Brady Tkachuk, sort of<\/p>\n

Over at Sports on Prime Canada \u2014 you know, how Amazon Prime has its weekly game north of the border and now have that access \u2014 the latest clip they put out from interviews recorded who knows when, featured a whole lot of Olympians answering a fairly interesting question. \u201cWould you rather play with Matthew or Brady Tkachuk?\u201d seems like something that would be asked to just stir the pot, especially for their Team USA teammates, as Bruins blueliner Charlie McAvoy says point-blank.<\/p>\n

Sanheim gave the most interesting answer of the bunch, though.<\/p>\n

We are all Travis Sandheim rn. \ud83d\udc40 pic.twitter.com\/KyKhHdPCzX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sports on Prime Canada (@SportsOnPrimeCA) February 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

We\u2019re just going to completely ignore a rightsholder misspelling the name of the Flyers\u2019 top defenseman, because that will surely get most fans on a tangent about how disrespected and not acknowledged this team is.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019d like to play with either of them,\u201d Sanheim said. \u201cJust get into it every game \u2014 I get into it with both of them but Brady\u2019s a lot more annoying. So I\u2019ll go with Matthew.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obviously, this is all in jest and we shouldn\u2019t take this as seriously as someone saying something like this after a game or during an intermission interview. But, it is funny that even during a more relaxed setting, Sanheim knows that neither would be the best option for him personally just to not be annoyed. And it\u2019s completely understandable. As the workhorse on the Flyers blue line and the brothers both playing in the Eastern Conference, Sanheim has had to face these two for several years now and try to get them both away from whatever netminder was in the Flyers\u2019 crease.<\/p>\n

It would be incredibly annoying trying to deal with any of the Tkachuks\u2019 nonsense on the ice, let alone be the guy need to take care of it for his team. But the good news is that if Canada and the United States face off in the Olympics, Sanheim will probably be off of that assignment as one of the depth players on the star-studded Canadian roster.<\/p>\n

It would be a lot more fun if Sanheim came out and spat on about how much he loathed both of the brothers and how much he wants to see them lose in every opportunity (Matthew isn\u2019t doing a whole lot of that) but we\u2019re stuck with the Flyers defenseman just spilling the beans on how he\u2019s a little irritated by their presence.<\/p>\n

While trying to figure out what countries are likely to face each other in the knockout round is a task that might require several minutes of serious concentration (maybe just for this writer), with Canada winning all three of their games and having a massive goal differential after their three games, and the United States needing to win against Germany by several goals to make up that difference, it feels likely that the two North American nations won\u2019t be facing off until much later. The semifinal games are on Feb. 20 and the gold medal game is on Feb. 22.<\/p>\n

Maybe we\u2019ll see Sanheim wrestle with a Tkachuk brother after the whistle if they do face off, and now we\u2019ll know just how much he dislikes battling against them.<\/p>\n

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