Brady Tkachuk Expected to Miss 'Significant Amount of Time' With Mysterious Injury

The Ottawa Senators have been off to a rough start in 2025/26, as they followed up a big opening game victory with back-to-back losses against the Nashville Predators and Florida Panthers as they now sit at 1-2-0 early in the new campaign.

However, they've been dealing with plenty of injury issues early in the season, namely to star winger Drake Batherson, but now, they've got an even bigger injury issue to worry about moving forward.

During their latest loss to the Predators, the Senators saw captain Brady Tkachuk go down with injury, and now, they may be missing him for a significant stretch after an update from reporters.

According to Postmedia's Bruce Garrioch, Tkachuk is out for what is being labelled a 'significant time', and while no further details come along with how long that is, Garrioch labels it as 'at least four weeks', meaning this is a major blow for the Senators.

If it is just for four weeks, this team has the talent to survive the injury and continue pushing for a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but if it's longer than that, there could be significant worries for Ottawa.

Ultimately though, most teams deal with this type of injury, and with solid depth, there's plenty of optimism that they can keep thriving even in Tkachuk's absence, but for right now, there will be plenty of worry for these Senators.