A little over two weeks after taking a slap shot to the jaw, Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy was back on the ice and practicing with his teammates at Warrior Ice Arena on Thursday morning.

McAvoy — donning both a red non-contract jersey and a cage over his face — is not expected to play this week, according to head coach Marco Sturm. But even if Sturm isn’t putting a definitive timeline on McAvoy’s return to game action, his presence during practice stood as a welcome sight.

“We will see how he is next week. There is no timeline,” Sturm said of McAvoy ahead of Thursday’s home game against the Blues. “I saw him for the first time, I don’t know, three or four days ago, and automatically, it puts a smile on your face. … We call him family, we call him a brother – to see him hurt like tha

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