Earlier this week Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper mentioned in some of his interviews that Nikita Kucherov, who hasn’t played since mid-October, is inching closer to skating. Yesterday, we’ve seen confirmation of his words as Kucherov participated in morning practice with the team ahead of last night’s game against the Boston Bruins.
However, according to Jon Cooper, there’s still no change in timeline of Kucherov’s return and the Russian forward isn’t expected to return before the new year. Kucherov was cleared to skate last week and met with his surgeon this week while the Bolts played in St.