"It's great," head coach Jeremy Colliton added. "The more time he spends around us, the easier it's going to get for him and he'll adjust with the speed and that's what having him part of the full group today was a good step for him."
The Blackhawks are in no rush to make a decision whether to make Dach a full-time NHLer this season or assign him back to the WHL's Saskatoon Blades for one more year. Despite the frustration of not being able to take part from the beginning of his first NHL Training Camp, Chicago's staff has assured the 18-year-old there's no need to rush back to action.
"Obviously it's a little bit frustrating getting set back by an injury right away but I know that I have to take my health serious and the coaching staff here, the management and the medical staff have done a great job of guiding me through this process," Dach said. "I'm just taking it day by day and trying to get better and obviously happy to get out there with the guys and skate with them today."
