Smyth, Simmonds updates

Ryan Smyth was getting treatment, post-practice, so there was no immediate word on his condition after he got hit by a slap shot. Terry Murray said he thought Smyth might have been hit in the hamstring area, near the back or side of the leg.

The afternoon went far better for Wayne Simmonds, and Murray said it’s possible Simmonds might play tomorrow. Murray said he hadn’t expected Simmonds to join the full-team practice today, but that Simmonds came to him and asked to participate. More notes and quotes from practice to come…

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