Boston University forward Brady Tkachuk, No. 2 on NHL Central Scouting's final ranking of North American forwards for the 2018 NHL Draft, had his first interview of the combine with the Edmonton Oilers on Monday.
On Tuesday, the Calgary Flames added Tkachuk, 18, to their interview list. Matthew Tkachuk, Brady's older brother (20), was selected by the Flames in the first round (No. 6) of the 2016 NHL Draft.
"My brother told me that he wanted them to interview me," Brady said.
As much as Brady (6-foot-3, 196 pounds) would love to be teammates with Matthew (6-2, 202), going against him might be just as much fun.
"I got one question today about if it was Erik Karlsson and you were battling him and if it was your brother and you were battling him, would you battle [Matthew] the same or what else would you do," Brady said. "I said I'd battle [Matthew] harder because I got all that built-up aggression with him because he would win and pick on me when we were younger. Now it's my turn to pick on him a bit. Hopefully I'd go a little harder with him."
The Tkachuk brother battles aren't limited to the ice.
"We were home for Mother's Day weekend and there were some intense basketball games," Brady said. "He'll say he won but the game never finished. It's still pretty undecided until the next time we meet up. It was getting pretty physical too. We were just having so much fun. My sister (Taryn) and my mom (Chantal) ended up joining us so we made it 2-on-2. It was me and my sister and my mom and my brother. My brother claims [Taryn] is the best player so she had to play with the worst."
The game ended when Chantal had to drive Taryn to soccer practice.
"We said we'd pick it back up next time we're home," Brady said.