Matthew Tkachuk will miss the start of the season with a lower-body injury and is likely out until December for the Florida Panthers, general manager Bill Zito said Wednesday.

“Don’t hold me to that,” Zito said. “My internet medical degree.”

The 27-year-old and two-time Stanley Cup winner was limited to 52 regular-season games last season and had 57 points (22 goals, 35 assists). He sustained a torn adductor muscle and a sports hernia injury on the same side while playing for the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off in February.

Bill Guerin, general manager of Team USA for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, said they're "planning and expecting" to have Tkachuk for the tournament this February, the first time NHL players will participate in the winter games since the 2014

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