ROCKFORD, Ill. – Mark McNeill continues to say all the right things.
He’s says he’s still motivated. He’s still focused. He’s optimistic he’ll get another NHL opportunity even though the Blackhawks passed him over for the fourth consecutive training camp.
“You just keep focusing on what’s going on here and working on your game,” the 23-year-old McNeill said after the Rockford IceHogs’ morning skate on Wednesday. "Whether it’s practice or workouts putting your time in trying to get better. You can’t control whether there’s an injury or not or a recall or not. You just got to keep focus and keep working hard.