Well on his way

One of the more welcome sights Wednesday after a long summer layoff from hockey was Tampa Bay defenseman Andrej Meszaros back out on the ice.

Coming back from offseason shoulder surgery, Meszaros is trying to answer questions of whether he'll be ready for training camp.

To me, he looked at ease running and participating in a few drills with a handful of Lightning teammates.

And, just to make sure, he passed Hound Central 5.0's autograph test, signing this Slovakia puck.