There were some major “first day of school” vibes for the Pittsburgh Penguins, as their whole team had a normal practice for the first time in four months.
Of course, normal is a relative term in 2020, with a widely different definition than the past. “Normal” today means pro hockey in mid-July while barely anyone flinched learning nine players (mainly depth variety but also Patric Hornqvist) were held off the ice “out of an abundance of caution in an effort to avoid exposure to anyone else within the organization” as a team statement put it.