Brady Tkachuk stood at a podium, his right thumb in a cast covered with tape, and talked about the long road to recovery. Article content

The Ottawa Senators captain would rather have been getting ready to face the Philadelphia Flyers at the Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday night than speak for the first time since he had surgery to repair a completely torn ligament in his thumb, but his only choice is to skate and wait. Article content Article content

After meeting Dr. Robert Hotchkiss on Monday in New York to see how the recovery from the two-hour procedure he had last Thursday is coming along, he spoke with the media for the first time on Wednesday since the injury occurred against the Nashville Predators 10 days ago.

“All I want to do is be out there,” Tkachuk said on Wednesday.

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