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Giroux returns to Flyers practice, does “a little pushing and shoving”

Giroux Practice

Finally, some good news on the Philadelphia Flyers injury front -- leading scorer Claude Giroux returned to practice today.

Here’s visual evidence (you know, in case you thought I was lying) from the Flyers’ official Twitter account:

Giroux Practice

While Giroux was wearing the bright yellow “CAN’T YOU SEE YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HIT ME?!?” uniform, he was doing “a little pushing and shoving” according to Frank Seravalli of Philly.com. Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer also noted Giroux was skating hard; when asked for a post-practice status report Giroux responded he felt well, but how he responded tomorrow will be the key.

(Anthony SanFilippo of the Journal Register reports Giroux is technically eligible to return Wednesday against Dallas.)

So while it appears Giroux’s return is still in its infancy, today’s development has to be seen as a positive. And given how things have gone for the Flyers over the last 72 hours, they’ll take any positive they can get. They were humbled 6-0 by the Bruins on Saturday and looked in disarray following head injuries to Giroux, Chris Pronger and Sean Couturier.