On Jack Quinn's imminent return and Jacob Bryson hitting waivers

Despite injuries creating roster issues, the ever-changing look of the Sabres is getting another alteration.

Jack Quinn skating in practice Dec. 5 (Photo: Joe Yerdon)

The Buffalo Sabres return from their mini-western jaunt to in which they went 1-2-0 against Colorado, Vegas, and Arizona came saw them return home with as many questions as they left town with in the first place.

Although Alex Tuch returned to the lineup in Denver, he missed Monday’s practice with a maintenance day because the issue that kept him out for four games (listed as lower-body but seemed pretty clear to be a hamstring issue when he was injured against Nashville) is still nagging him.

Jack Quinn, whose torn Achilles has kept him out of action all season, skated in Tuch’s spot on the first line wing with Zach Benson and Tage Thompson. What could’ve been a placeholder spot for him may have been a preview of what we’ll see Tuesday against Columbus.

“He looks ready to go, it could be as soon as tomorrow,” Sabres coach Don Granato said.

“The target originally was about this timeframe and then you go through all the progressions—which he went through at a pretty good pace—and then the last progression would be a real full-go physicality and battle. We actually gave him extra days of that. He got a lot today, which I don’t remember when the last full practice we had, but it’s been a while. So, today was a real good test for him in a way we weren’t able to test him much in the last month really and he was real good with it. So, I’ll have another conversation with him and with medical and we’ll see where we’re at. If it’s not tomorrow, it’s real close.”