Travis Green says "he's going to be out a significant amount of time. But we're making sure that we're taking care of him, and that we do the right thing."

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Senators coach Travis Green didn’t provide an update on the status of top winger Brady Tkachuk on Thursday morning, but repeated that he won’t be back anytime soon , with league executives telling Postmedia they’d be surprised if he didn’t need to go under the knife. Article content Article content

Those executives say the normal recovery period from the type of surgery Tkachuk is facing is normally eight weeks, but they cautioned that hand injuries can be unpredictable.

The team’s captain travelled to New York City to meet

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