Laurent Brossoit’s second surgery might create goalie logjam for Blackhawks in January

Veteran Blackhawks goalie Laurent Brossoit is further away from returning to action than he supposedly was in late August.

Brossoit, who has yet to play this season after signing a two-year, $6.6 million contract in July, had a follow-up arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Tuesday, the Hawks said Friday. He will be reevaluated in six weeks, which is around Jan. 7.

Brossoit, 31, initially had meniscus surgery Aug. 27 and was ruled out for five to seven weeks, putting his estimated return in the first half of October. That time frame came and went, however, without much progress. Brossoit skated individually at Fifth Third Arena a few times but never progressed to participating in a team practice.

‘‘I’m sure he’s really frustrated,’’ coach Luke Richardson told reporters in Minnesota. ‘‘The key is to look after it now, and that was the right decision. We’ll just have to be patient.’’

Even if things look good in Brossoit’s reevaluation in January, it probably will take him a few weeks to ramp up before being ready for game action. That means he’ll have missed more than half the season by that point.

Possible logjam

If this second surgery proves successful and Brossoit is ready by mid-January or so, the Hawks will have a goalie logjam to sort out. Petr Mrazek has been their workhorse, but third-stringer-turned-backup Arvid Soderblom has vastly improved, posting a .926 save percentage in six games.

If Soderblom plays in four more games — and he definitely will have by January — he’ll require waivers to be sent to Rockford of the AHL. The Hawks will be reluctant to take that risk with a 25-year-old whom they thought might be their goalie of the future as recently as last season.

Trading one of the three goalies might make the most sense at that point, but midseason goalie trades are neither common nor easy to pull off. General manager Kyle Davidson, whose wife had their second baby this week, will have to begin brainstorming possible solutions soon.