ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Brian Dumoulin was next to last. Then, finally, Casey DeSmith squeezed his big pads through the bench door and onto the ice at Honda Center.
All Penguins present, all fully participating at a practice for the first time since ... wow, would anyone believe the 11th of this past December?
And even that occasion didn't survive the day, as Jeff Petry'd go down for weeks with a busted wrist.
"Just like that," as he'd word it for me on this day. "And things were getting good, too.