"I feel great out there," Werenski said. "There's no problems right now. I'm just kind of ramping it up here, trying to get my timing back. Everything feels good on the ice. I haven't had any contact yet. That's not until later. I probably won't do that until probably halfway through training camp, but everything is good. Everything's on pace."
Werenski, who is from Grosse Pointe, Michigan, said he has extra motivation to return for the season opener in Detroit.
"Obviously, I'm not going to play in a game if I'm not ready, but that's kind of my goal and I think that got me through a lot of it, just knowing that, 'Suffer now, but I'm going to be able to play in my hometown on opening night in front of my family and friends,'" Werenski said. "That's one thing that definitely helped me. Once I saw that, it gave me that extra motivation to come back and be healthy as quick as I can."