Moller's status

Oscar Moller, who suffered a fractured clavicle at the World Junior Championships, was back in practice Monday for the first time, but still hasn't been medically cleared. Terry Murray kept Moller out of a late-practice 3-on-3 drill that featured a lot of physical play. Moller said he would be examined again either this afternoon or tomorrow, but it doesn't seem likely that Moller will be cleared to play by Thursday. The timetable for any fracture is typically 4-to-6 weeks, and Moller is just about at the four-week mark right now...

Question: How does it feel out there? Almost back to normal?

MOLLER: ``It feels good to me. I haven't had any contact yet, so we'll see about that, but motion wise and stuff like that, and shooting, I don't have any problems.''

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Question: Update on Moller's status?

MURRAY: ``Oscar is close. His injury goes back to about the first of the month. It's a broken bone, so he's going to be a little while yet, but he's able to participate in the drills. There's just no contact allowed. It's getting close.''

Question: If he does get cleared in the next day or two, is there any chance he could play Thursday?

MURRAY: ``I don't think he's going to get cleared. It's a bone issue, and there's a pretty definite time frame on that. I can't say it's definite, but he will come with us on the road trip, I'm pretty sure of that. Because it will be better as we get into that trip.''