Jonathan Toews and Brent Seabrook, who have been sidelined by injuries, will travel with the Blackhawks when they head to New York on Monday.
The status of Toews (back) and Seabrook (upper body) for Tuesday’s game against the New York Rangers is unknown right now. But it’s a good sign that they’re traveling with the team.
Toews, who has missed nine games, skated for the first time in more than a week on Sunday. He’s been frustrated at the progress – in some cases, the lack thereof – of his injury but was encouraged by Sunday’s skate.
“Sometimes you feel good and all of a sudden you do some little movements here or there that seem to just fire everything up. So yeah, I guess in that sense it is frustrating,” Toews said. “It is unique in that way but as they say it is what it is and you have to deal with it anyway you can, and just be as good as you can when you’re ready to come back.”
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Seabrook, who has missed two games, skated for the second consecutive day on Sunday morning. He said he felt better but still wasn’t quite there.
“Talk to the doctors again and go over that stuff and do what I need to do to get cleared,” Seabrook said on Sunday. “And hopefully I’m ready to roll in New York and try to get back in the lineup and help these guys out.”