According to Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch, center Michael Peca will resume practicing with the team this morning. If cleared by team doctors, he could return in time for Wednesday's home game against Florida.
This is great news for the Blue Jackets. The forward lines have been thrown out of whack the past couple of weeks, and vacant spots have been plugged by Jody Shelley and Curtis Glencross- not exactly offensive dynamos, but both have played respectably.
Hopefully, if Peca is cleared to play, he will resume his duty on the top line with Rick Nash and Nikolai Zherdev. However, the most likely scenario is that Ken Hitchcock will ease him back into game speed, limiting his minutes. Also, Jiri Novotny played very well with Nash and Zherdev against Detroit on Sunday. The line accounted for seven points in the Jackets' 5-4 shootout loss.
Portzline adds that Fredrik Modin's return is farther off, hoping to resume skating by the weekend. Defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen has been out with the flu, but is feeling better and will practice. His playing time is still undetermined, as Duvie Westcott has reasserted himself in Tollefsen's absence.
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