Senators' Brady Tkachuk insists he has 'moved on' from loss, critique of fans

Three days after criticizing fans for booing the Senators after they lost their fifth game in six attempts, captain Brady Tkachuk insists he has "moved right on."

"I kind of deleted my social media so I haven't really seen anything," the 24-year-old said on Tuesday, with regard to the fallout from his post-game diatribe on Saturday, where he referred to the Canadian Tire Centre crowd jeers as "frustrating, the negativity from the outside, the constant booing," as well as another adjective that is not necessarily family-friendly.

On Tuesday, Tkachuk insisted he was looking ahead, not back.

"I said what I said, but you can't really hold on to things. You just gotta move on and focus on the task at hand, and that's Toronto (on Wednesday night)," he said.

The Senators are 4-6-0 so far, which is good for eight points and last place in the Atlantic Division. It's also a far cry from the expectations for the team this season, which is at 99.9 per cent of the salary cap and loaded with young talent.

The team has not made the playoffs since 2017.

Despite this, Tkachuk insists his faith in his team has not wavered.

"The belief I have with this group and how much we want to win, not only for ourselves but this community and these fans. We're all in this together," he said. "I have the utmost confidence in everything that we are doing here, top the bottom, ownership to players, I think all of us are aligned. ... I really do believe that we are right there.

"This little stretch here is gonna make us a way better team."

Tkachuk and the Senators will get a chance to prove that on Wednesday when they travel to Toronto to play the Maple Leafs. That game can can be seen on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+ at 7 p.m. ET.