Stephen Weiss is making progress in his recovery from a sports hernia. He is skating on his own and has a target return date of February 26th. Of course a lot can go wrong between now and then, but Weiss is encoraged by how fast he is recovering from mid-December sirgery. "I'm really amazed at how fast this thing goes," said Weiss. "You go from feeling terrible to skating not long after that. I was walking on a treadmill about 10 days ago and now I've been on the ice five days in a row. It progresses pretty quickly." Weiss believes he will be able to start practising next week. If he does, the 26th could be a reasonable target for his return.