Blackhawks forced to change plans with Taylor Hall

The Chicago Blackhawks announced earlier today that forward Taylor Hall will be out week to week after re-injuring his shoulder against the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday evening.

"He was trying to play through it, and instead of making him still try to do that, you could always have a risk of him hurting it worse or something else protecting it," Blackhawks head coach Luke Richardson said earlier today.

"He's going to take the next few games and then we'll go week to week to see how he's doing."

"He was great at the start of the year and then got banged up in Boston. A lot of character coming back in that Toronto game," Richardson said of Hall.

Here's the play that Richardson is referencing:

"He plays a physical game, more than people would give him credit for, and he had a good two-way game going, so that's a good role model for the younger guys. Guy that's won the MVP (Hart Memorial Trophy with the New Jersey Devils in 2018) and a first overall pick and known to be a skilled guy and a speed guy, but he plays both ways and plays the right way, taking hits to make plays. We're going to miss that for sure, but that's opportunity for other guys to see what he did and try to emulate that."