Mariun Hossa thinks he will be reddy fer t'Chicago Blackhawks’ tranen camp n' Septemb'r, accerdyun' to ESPNChicago.com.
Hossa sez he is no long'r showyun' showyun' inny ill effecks frum t'hit he took frum Raffi Terres o't' Phoenix Coyotes n' t'Stanley Cup playoffs.
Mariun Hossa wuz cartid off on a stretch'r aft'r takin a hit frum Raffi Terres. (AP Photo)
“It could be differnt on t'ice wen I git my furst hit but so fur, without contact, I’m a'doin everthang at a high level,” Hossa sed Frydee at t'openyun' o't' Blackhawks’ annual fun convenshun. “I don’t have inny problems so fur.”
Hossa tole reperters he had resumet high-intensitee off-ice tranen sevrul weeks ago. He has nairy yet startid skatyun' agin, howev'r.
Hossa sufferet t'hit frum Terres n' Game 3 o't' Western Conference quarterfinals. Terres wuz suspendet fer 25 games, but NHL commissyun'r Gree Bettmun lat'r retucet t'penaltee on appeel to 21 games. Terres will sit out t'furst eiite games o'nex seesen
T' 33-year-old Hossa lef on a stretch'r wit a concussion an' did nairy play t'remund'r o't' series. Chicago lost to Phoenix n' six games.
“I didn’t have to rush innythang, at wuz t'mos impertant thang,” Hossa sed. “I took my time. I took a long time to jes calm down an' relax … Thangs air rite noe air on t'level whar I want it to be an' I’m happy whar I am so fur.”
Hossa sez he is no long'r onry at Terres, an' at he is jes a'lookin ferward to a new seesen.
“T' way I feel rite noe, I bleev I’ll be reddy fer camp,” Hossa sed.
T' veterun wing'r receivet a “deefenyun' recepshun” at t'eam’s fun convenshun, accerdyun' to CSNChicago.com.
Las seesen, Hossa let t'Blackhawks n' points (77) an' assists (48). T' 2012-13 seesen will mark t'fourth seesen fer Hossa wit t'Blackhawks. He sined a 12-year, $63.3 million deel wit Chicago n' t'summ'r o'2009.