Taylor Corridor will bear surgical procedure on his proper knee and is anticipated to overlook the rest of the season the Chicago Blackhawks introduced on Thursday.
The 32-year-old ahead injured his knee when he was hit by Tampa Bay Lightning ahead Michael Eyssimont late within the third interval of a 5-3 Chicago win on Nov. 9.
“He’s very disillusioned, however simply got here from an accumulation of a bunch of little accidents,” Blackhawks head coach Luke Richardson mentioned, in accordance with NBC Sports activities Chicago.”The sport and even observe the opposite day. It simply grew to become unstable that they’ve to repair it that now.”
Corridor has appeared in 10 of the Blackhawks’ 18 video games, lighting the lamp twice and including two helpers.
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The 2010 first-overall draft decide and former Hart Trophy winner had already missed six video games this season with a lower-body harm and shoulder ailment.
“It’s an enormous loss,” Corridor’s teammate Nick Foligno mentioned, in accordance with NBC Sports activities Chicago. “I do know what sort of participant he’s and it simply stinks that he actually couldn’t get going with accidents. We really feel for him. He’s a man that was actually excited in regards to the alternative he has right here.
“In the long term, it will most likely be the most effective factor for him, since you’re going to get a wholesome and motivated model of Taylor Corridor, which I feel goes to be very scary in quite a lot of methods. But it surely hurts.”
Foligno has amassed 9 factors in 17 video games for Chicago this season and has relished in his position as a mentor to rookie phenom Connor Bedard.
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Corridor and Foligno have been traded to the Blackhawks within the offseason by the Boston Bruins in an effort to shed a number of the cap wage earlier than the primary day of free company. The Bruins obtained Alec Regula and Ian Mitchell within the deal.
