There was some relatively good news for Stephen Weiss on Saturday. For the first time since injuring his groin in what was supposed to be a two-game AHL conditioning stint, Weiss was able to take in a full practice, and he didn't feel any pain.
"I did everything I can off the ice to get back healthy," Weiss told MLive.com's Ansar Khan. "Last few days felt really good, so seemed to turn the corner again."
Weiss is presently on injured reserve, a place he has spent a lot of time over the last two-and-counting seasons. Since the start of the 2012-13 campaign, Weiss has played just 45 games; this season, he has appeared in all of two contests—one in the NHL, and the other in the minors—leaving that second game after feeling tightness in his groin.
Khan noted that the Wings are being cautious with Weiss and that they'll need to see him manage a full week of practices without health problems before they're willing to get him back to playing games, most likely in the minors to finish that interrupted conditioning stint.
Assuming that Weiss is finally healthy—not an assumption to make ligh ...
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