Here's when Nashville Predators broadcaster Pete Weber expects to return after brain surgery

Pete Weber took a seat just outside the Nashville Predators locker room during a recent morning skate at Bridgestone Arena.

The team's 71-year-old beloved broadcaster clenched a black cane in each hand, to help with the balance he lost just after he returned from the team's European trip to start the season. By late November, after a pair of falls, including one that sent him to the emergency room, Weber was diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus, a disorder that causes his brain to take on too much fluid.

"Two works better than one," he said with a chuckle of the canes.

On Monday, Weber was scheduled to have what he called "not major (surgery) unless it's being done to you" at Vanderbilt to insert a shunt in his brain to help correct the fluid intake. The ailment has caused him to sit out road games since mid-October. He expects to return to the booth at home Saturday — and hopefully the road in three weeks — he told The Tennessean on Sunday.

Weber has remained on the air for most home games since his diagnosis. He has also been calling home games from the press box instead of the radio booth to save him from having to climb stairs.

"I'm nervously looking forward to it; I'll put it that way," Weber said of the surgery, which is expected to take 90 minutes and is expected to keep him in the hospital overnight. "I never think of any of these things as slam dunks or done deals, but with this group of medical people I'm pretty close to that."

Weber first suspected something was wrong when he noticed his right hip was "very tight." He presumed it was from all the walking he did in Europe, but one of the Predators team doctors took a closer look and told him "three ligaments are at war with each other."

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Not until after Weber began treatment for that did the balance issues begin to pop up.

A battery of tests over the next several weeks didn't reveal much until the spinal tap proved to temporarily relieve Weber of those balance issues.

While life moves a little slower these days for Weber, who has been a broadcaster with the team since its inception, he said it has allowed him to spend a bit more time with his wife, Claudia, who has been even closer by Weber's side, literally, since he was diagnosed.

With Max Herd calling games in Weber's stead on the road, 102.5-FM has made it a point to include Weber on many road broadcasts during its pregame show.

Since a story about his condition was posted on nhl.com this weekend, Weber said he's received an outpouring of support.

"I've been kind of overwhelmed by all the people reaching out, but that's great," Weber said.