Injury Report: Niklas Backstrom (Day-to-day with Lower Body)
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Would much rather have Harding start Friday night even if Backstrom is healthy, not that he will be though. Not sure Harding can keep up that level of play, but I think if Backs would've played last night that game would've been 4-1 Hawks. Just that toe save alone Harding made I know damn well Backstrom wouldn't have made that.
This is Backstrom's annual groin/back injury. He gets one at least once every season, it just happened to be during the playoffs this year instead of the regular season.
This is Backstrom's annual groin/back injury. He gets one at least once every season, it just happened to be during the playoffs this year instead of the regular season.
Jarick
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My thought was groin pulled as he reached to make the save. And that is why you don't run your 35-year-old starting goalie into the ground.
Against a team like the blackhawks, I'd much rather have Hards / Kemps anyways. Would still like Backstrom re-signed though, but hopefully split A LOT more of the load with whoever the backup is
It was worth the risk to annihilate Edmonton and roll into the playoffs with crazy momentum...
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The way he played down the stretch? Yeah, that may be the end of Backs in a Wild uniform.
I'm guessing we re-sign Backs for one more season and roll with the Backs-Harding tandem once again. Give Kuemper and Gustafsson a chance to duke it out in Houston Iowa.
Because it's purely hyperbole that a pending UFA, who is going to be 36yrs old, who's clearly showing his age, while now just getting injured... has a chance of not being back in a Wild uniform.
It's highly doubtful that he doesn't get re-signed after starting all of our games except 8 and taking us to the playoffs........
Dakota Sioux
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It's a double-edged sword. Right now, people complain that he played Backstrom too much, etc. If he would have played Kuemps or Harding and we would have missed the playoffs the same people would be *****ing that we didn't play Backstrom enough.
Backstrom was played because he gave the team the best chance to win. That's it. There should be no reason why anyone is questioning why Yeo played Backstrom.
Backstrom was played because he gave the team the best chance to win. That's it. There should be no reason why anyone is questioning why Yeo played Backstrom.
Agreed, but Yeo really needs to learn when to pull Backs. Two softies=a rough night ahead of us.
not the hyperbole that i was thinking of. I think i said earlier even that with the Heatley situation what it is I'm less confident than ever the Wild would be able to re-sign Backs even if they wanted to.
Ok then I apologise, I took your statement wrong. It just had looked to be in reply to my post is all.
Russo actually wondered the same thing earlier today on KFAN. If the series goes short (he said he expects it will despite the fact that he thinks the Wild will play well and will be in every game) he wondered if we saw Backstrom's last game with the Wild already.
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uncleben
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The Wild had no backup. Had Harding gotten injured or something, they would have had to have a skater throw on some pads.
I heard that skater normally would be Falk, but he wasn't dressed for the game since Scandella was in the lineup, so who knows who it would've been.
uncleben
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That's why we were all pretty concerned when Harding got crashed into late in the 3rd period and was a little slow getting up! 
Backs will be fine. He gets one of these injuries once or twice every season. He'll be good to go in a couple weeks.
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