SAN JOSE — Injured Sharks forward Raffi Torres skated on his own before his teammates took the ice for Wednesday’s practice, but do not expect to see him in the lineup anytime in the near future.

“It’s an individual that’s on the ice, on his own just to experiment with it,” coach Todd McLellan said. “But he’s got a long way to go as far as physically recovering, physically getting in shape and then mentally recoering from it.”

Torres is trying to return to game shape without an ACL in his right knee after the initial attempt to repair damage from a September 2013 collision was unsuccessful.

McLellan did not rule out Torres’s return sometime this season.

“We’re not counting him out,” the coach said. “If anybody can fight back it’d be Raffi. . . . I met with him today and he had a smile on his face, which was really good to see. He’s going to do everyting in his power to come back and help the team, but he does have a long way to go.”

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