Gustav Forsling returned to practice Wednesday morning for the first time since having surgery on his right wrist on July 31. The Blackhawks have not given specifics about why Forsling had the surgery.
The Blackhawks team physician Dr. Michael Terry gave the defenseman a 14-week timetable to return to action. That timeline puts Forsling’s return at Oct. 30, meaning he will miss at least nine more games. The Blackhawks play Oct. 31 at Vancouver, who traded him to Chicago in January 2015 for Adam Clendening.
The 22-year-old Forsling has bounced between the NHL and AHL the past two seasons.