<p>While the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks?_gl=1*jdrb1j*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTcwODM1NjU5OS4xNzgzMDM4MDk4*_ga_K0F0MB46T8*czE3ODMwMzgwOTgkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODMwMzgxMDEkajU3JGwwJGgw" target="_blank" >Blackhawks</a> try to figure out Connor Bedard's contract and <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks/2026/07/02/blackhawks-first-line-hole-connor-bedard-kyle-davidson-nhl-trades?_gl=1*1w7fxke*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTcwODM1NjU5OS4xNzgzMDM4MDk4*_ga_K0F0MB46T8*czE3ODMwMzgwOTgkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODMwMzgwOTgkajYwJGwwJGgw" target="_blank" >linemates</a> for next season, they might also need to worry about Bedard himself.</p><p>The Hawks' cornerstone star suffered an apparent left shoulder injury while skating Thursday in his hometown of Vancouver.</p><p>A <a class="Link" href="https://x.com/BlackhawksFocus/status/2072825424699150398/video/1" target="_blank" >video of the incident</a> shows Bedard losing his balance and falling into the boards, then quickly skating off the ice holding his left shoulder in apparent pain.</p><p>It looked similar to how Bedard skated off the ice Dec. 12 in St. Louis after <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks/2025/12/15/blackhawks-connor-bedard-injury-update-surgery-nick-foligno?_gl=1*8gflsx*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTY5Mjc1MDQ1MS4xNzgzMDM4MjIw*_ga_K0F0MB46T8*czE3ODMwMzgyMjAkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODMwMzgyMjAkajYwJGwwJGgw" target="_blank" >injuring</a> his right shoulder — the opposite shoulder — on a final-second faceoff against the Blues.