Vinnie Hinistroza returns to the ice in Chicago

There are signs everywhere that hockey season will be starting, as practices have picked up.

Hockey players were congregating at Fifth Third arena, getting ready for the season and it was a whose-whose of Blackhawks players.

Ex-Blackhawks like Jarred Tinordi and Vinnie Hinistroza were present, while Landon Slaggert and Connor Murphy were on ice with them, practicing for the beginning of the season.

The former Blackhawks legend Hinistroza signed with the Nashville Predators in July, after spending a season with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Blackhawks legend will play 2-years in Nashville with an AAV of $775K

It's only a matter of time before training camp is firing up, and a little bit over a month before the regular season starts.

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