Hawks’ Hossa feeling better after time at home

A very tanned and healthy-looking Marian Hossa showed up at the Blackhawks convention Friday.

It was a stark contrast to the last time Hawks fans saw Hossa, leaving the United Center ice strapped tightly to a stretcher April 17 after he was crushed by Raffi Torres in Game 3 against Phoenix.

“I’m feeling much better,” Hossa said. “The time off, that definitely helped me. I took my time and didn’t have to rush back.

“That was the most important thing. After, I was allowed to fly home to Slovakia and started working out eventually.”

Torres at first was suspended 25 games by NHL discipline chief Brendan Shanahan, but he recently won his appeal to have it reduced to 21 games by Commissioner Gary Bettman.

“I look forward and don’t worry about things you can’t control,” Hossa said. “I still think he’s going to learn, sitting the 21 games.”

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