Kevin Rooney skated on Friday with the Devils at practice, subbing in down the middle for a line that Jack Hughes would normally be on but with Hughes taking a maintenance day, Rooney centered Jesper Boqvist and Wayne Simmonds.
It's not fun at all," Rooney said of being injured and out of the lineup since the team's November 13 game against Ottawa. "But being up in the press box, watching your teammates go to war every night and, you know, it feels really good to be back and I feel like I'm progressing well and feel like I'm ready to go."
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