The Penguins got a dose of good news today when injured forward Jake Guentzel joined the team at practice in “full capacity”, as coach Mike Sullivan called it. Guentzel has been recently ramping up his recovery from skating on his own, to joining the team in a non-contact fashion late last week and now being a full-go to practice coming off an August ankle surgery.
Good to see Jake Guentzel in a regular jersey! @SNPittsburgh | @penguins pic.twitter.com/tHH68HsSD8
— Dan Potash (@DanPotashTV) October 3, 2023
According to the team, this development doesn’t change the initial timeline of Guentzel being expected to miss “about the first five games” as GM Kyle Dubas put it over the summer.