Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk gets in a scuffle during their home opener against the Nashville Predators. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network

Brady Tkachuk can only play the role of spectator right now. Article content

But the Ottawa Senators captain still is trying to lend a hand to his teammates while recovering from surgery to repair torn ligaments in his thumb suffered on Oct. 13 against the Nashville Predators. Article content Article content

The timeline for Tkachuk’s recovery is six to eight weeks, but he’s not the kind of guy who can sit around and do nothing, so that past couple of games he has tried to act as another set of eyes from the press box.

If he can’t be getting assists on the ice, Tkachuk doesn’t mind trying to give some assistance off the ice as the Senat

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