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Sabres defenseman Teppo Numminen skated for nearly two hours on Friday, joining his team for the first time since January in his comeback from open-heart surgery.

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Numminen skated with injured defensemen Jaroslav Spacek (ribs) and Dmitri Kalinin (right shoulder) for an hour before participating in the Sabres’ workout before their game Friday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Numminen had surgery in September to repair a faulty heart valve that was discovered during a routine checkup ahead of his 19th NHL season. He practiced with the team in early January, but was told by team doctors then that he wouldn’t be allowed to play until mid-March at the earliest to allow his sternum to heal.

Despite being cleared to practice, Numminen is on Buffalo’s suspended list, and he’s yet to be paid under the one-year, $2.6 million contract he signed in July. He filed a grievance with the NHL Players’ Association against the Sabres in November after he failed a preseason physical because he required surgery. To be totally honest with you I dont think that it is about the money for this dude. I think that he just wants to come back and actually play after being sidelined for so long.

Being from Buffalo I would love to see him out there helping the team fight into the playoffs! But its honestly not about that either, it would be just amazing to see him actually on the ice 6 months after open heart surgery…so Teppo dont worry about the playoffs or scoring or anything like that bro, just get out there and thank GOD!

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