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Blackhawks Bits: Nazar to undergo surgery, Vlasic assigned

Related Topics: Marc-Édouard Vlasic

This is not the way a rebuild is supposed to start.

According to a report from Scott Powers of The Athletic, Chicago Blackhawks’ 2022 No. 13 overall pick Frank Nazar will have surgery on a lower-body injury, an operation that will sideline Nazar for a substantial period of time — and possibly the whole season.

Blackhawks’ first-round pick Frank Nazar to have surgery, miss significant time https://t.co/3rfvVOfuhJ

— Scott Powers (@ByScottPowers) October 18, 2022

The details related to the injury remain murky, with “lower-body injury” as the only available descriptor.