Brady Tkachuk couldn’t have picked a better stage than the Enterprise Center for his return to the Ottawa Senators lineup. Article content

The captain will make his return from surgery on his right thumb, which has kept him out for six weeks, when the Senators face the St. Louis Blues on Friday in his hometown at 4 p.m. Article content Article content

This is a best-case scenario for Tkachuk.

“Honestly, if it’s not playing in Ottawa, this is at the top of the list,” Tkachuk said during a Zoom call with local reporters from St. Louis on Thursday. “We only come here once a year and I feel like it always happens around Thanksgiving, which I’m very grateful for because a lot of my friends will be around this weekend.

“I think this has kind of made everything a little bit better, knowin

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