Patrick O’Sullivan returned to the ice today, one day after he signed a three-year contract. He couldn’t be missed out there, wearing a bright green jersey, and he made it through what seemed to be one of the Kings’ more rigorous practices of the last month.

There will be quotes from Terry Murray later, but Murray indicated that it is “realistic” to think O’Sullivan could play this weekend, although possibly not in both games, as the Kings play both Saturday and Sunday. Here’s what O’Sullivan had to say about his first day back with the Kings…

“It was the first day but I felt pretty good. My legs were burning a bit there at the end, but obviously while I was missing camp, I was making sure that I was training as hard as I could and skating as much as I could, because I realize that that’s a big part of getting ready for the season and I missed out on that. But I put as much effort in as I could, every day, to try to be ready when I did show up, and I was surprised. I actually felt not bad today. Hopefully I feel better tomorrow.”

On whether he had been skating with any teams over the last month…

“Not really. I skated with some college guys and some pro guys that hadn’t left for AHL camps yet, stuff like that. I also skated by myself a couple times. I was on the ice four or five times a week, which obviously isn’t the same as being here with the team and NHL players. Certainly it will probably take a little time to get my timing back. That’s the biggest part. I really tried to focus today on the news systems. I asked a lot of questions. So I’m going to take it a day at a time, try to take in as much as I can and just try to get better every day.”