Sean Couturier will skate in a game for the first time in 20 months on Monday.
The Philadelphia Flyers\' forward had back surgery twice since 2021 and last played a game in December of that year. The 30-year-old said he feels \"pretty good\" since training camp began, but knows there\'s a bit of rust to shake in the coming weeks.
\"I\'ve been waiting for this moment for a while,\" Couturier said Monday, before the Flyers faced the New Jersey Devils in the preseason opener.
\"All summer I\'ve been thinking about it and now I\'m here. I\'m just excited to get warmups going and get that first shift out of the way, just play hockey. I think that\'s what I miss most.\"
Via ESPN.com