‘”I mean I think you always want more practice time,” Eichel said. “Four and a half weeks it’s been now. As much as you skate and you do everything you can, it’s a lot different than being on the ice with these guys competing and battling. … I’m just going to try and take the right steps forward to get back as soon as I can but I don’t obviously want to rush it. I want to get back at a point in my ankle, in my body at where it feels good and where I’m at the point I feel I can contribute the way I want to.”‘
Eichel won't play Thursday but his return inches closer
Source: Buffalo News