Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk is expected to be sidelined until sometime in December as he recovers from surgery to repair a torn adductor muscle and a sports hernia, general manager Bill Zito said Wednesday.

Tkachuk underwent surgery in August.

Zito said December is a best guess.

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

Zito also told reporters that forward Tomas Nosek will be “out for a while” while nursing an undisclosed injury sustained during the offseason.

Tkachuk, 27, sustained a torn adductor muscle and a sports hernia injury while playing for the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off in February. He played in four shifts during the Americans’ 3-2 overtime loss to Canada in the championship game of that tournament.

He was placed on

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