Jack Eichel nears return from surgery for Golden Knights

Injured Golden Knights guardant Jack Eichel is expected to get successful Las Vegas this week, a idiosyncratic with cognition of the concern said Monday.

Eichel has been going done rehabilitation successful North Carolina and is 2 months retired from undergoing artificial disk replacement country successful his neck. He has been connected the crystal skating for respective weeks but is not cleared for contact.

Eichel is the archetypal NHL subordinate to person the country and was fixed a three- to five-month timeline for his return.

The three-time All-Star remains connected injured reserve. It’s not definite whether Eichel volition statesman practicing with the Knights erstwhile helium arrives oregon proceed skating connected his own.

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