Blackhawks Training Camp Takeaways: Injury Updates, Roster Moves, More ...Middle East

The Blackhawks took the day off on Wednesday after a less-than-spectacular preseason opener in Detroit on Tuesday night. Getting back on the ice on Thursday saw plenty of changes to the players in each group, and we got a few updates on the health of missing Blackhawks.

Here are some updates from during and after practice:

Blackhawks health updates

André Burakovsky and Teuvo Teräväinen were both on the ice with an almost full NHL group. But there were a few missing skaters still. Head coach Jeff Blashill shared that:

Landon Slaggert, Samuel Savoie & AJ Spellacy won’t skate in practice with the #Blackhawks today but they’re on the ice early getting in some work pic.twitter.com/ZXEcsBbdvo

Roster Moves?

I noted before the practices started on Thursday that the Blackhawks had two pretty clear groups set up: one looked a lot like the bulk of the Rockford IceHogs’ roster to start the season, while the other appeared to be the guys fighting for a spot on the Blackhawks’ opening night roster.

Indeed, during the practice it was Rockford head coach Jared Nightingale who was running the practice for the group that looked like they’re headed to the AHL to start the season. They were on the ice for an hour before the NHL group came out. We asked Blashill about the decision to make the moves he did with the practice groups:

“I made a decision to try and ramp it up a little bit to get to a group of guys who are competing more for NHL jobs and not necessarily spread the two teams out.”

However, Blashill also said there are guys in the second group who could still be in the mix for an NHL spot to start the season, and he might flip a few guys between the groups for Friday. Stay tuned there…

The #Blackhawks will have a split practice again today. But, after the first day off of camp, it sure feels like they're already making some roster decisions. Today's groups give us a glimpse into where it appears guys are headed to start the season t.co/rmoJnoNGx1

Takeaways from Tuesday’s loss

From Blashill:

“Going into the game, I was a little bit concerned on how tired we were going to be, based on not having taken a day off before that. I think that was our sixth straight day after a hard camp. I thought the second, third period we were slow to pucks and I would say we were slow to pucks probably for two reasons: we were thinking a lot, so that makes you slow, and we were a little bit tired. And the game, whatever, gets away from you a little bit.

“I thought [Arvid Söderblom] was great. In the first period when we had legs we did some good stuff. it’s a step and it gave us an opportunity to watch some video in some areas and practice it today and we’ll do the same thing tomorrow. That’s what you want the exhibition games for. I never put too much weight, especially in the early ones. As you get closer to real hockey, they become more important.”

Preseason expectations

With the final two sentences of Blashill’s quote above in mind — “I never put too much weight, especially in the early ones. As you get closer to real hockey, they become more important.” — we asked about what to expect from the guys who are expected to be in the NHL this year.

Blashill isn’t a big fan of the Blackhawks having two sets of back-to-backs during the preseason, and doesn’t want to put his veterans in both games. So expect a split squad this weekend on the road, and next weekend at home one of the two closing games at home will probably be the IceHogs.

The new head coach did acknowledge, however, that they’re doing things differently than the Blackhawks have the past few years and there is a learning curve. So guys like Nick Foligno and Connor Murphy will probably skate in three preseason games to make sure things are buttoned up before the results matter where they might ordinarily skate in only two at this stage in their respective careers.

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