Injury Report: Niklas Backstrom "Shut Down" for the Season

[Jarick]

‏@mnwild

Fletcher: Backstrom to be shut down for foreseeable future. "Most likely" out for season. #mnwild

@Russostrib

Nik Backstrom shut down for the season, says Fletcher #mnwild

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[TaLoN]

Saw that coming a mile away.

 

[NHL1674]

What a shocker!

 

[TZM]

No surprise there. I wonder what happens to him?

 

[tomgilbertfan]

Only non-wild fans would be remotely surprised by this.

Surgery coming?

 

[NHL1674]

Russo

Fletcher said Backstrom is very emotional, amazed he practiced today even after being shut down. "That's him. Such character guy."

It really has been the season from hell for Backs.

 

[Gaps]

Only non-wild fans would be remotely surprised by this.

Surgery coming?

Probably. Poor guy.

 

[BigT2002]

Russo



It really has been the season from hell for Backs.

Gotta agree. Had a great stretch last season up until playoffs when he gets injured and this season he loses not only his starting gig to Harding after getting knocked down, but then loses his backup position to DK and now again goes back on IR for health issues.

Rough.

 

[Engebretson]

Needed to be done. I know Backs is a warrior, but he can't keep running at less than 100% and heal properly.

Rest up Backs.

 

[W75]

It's tough. He hasn't been himself during last few years, tho. I think those issues have bothered him some time. At least periodically. His movement hasn't look normal, with the exception of some short stretches.

Backs was the reason why I started to follow Wild. It's really rough.

 

[Victorious Secret]

Called this at the beginning of the last year. Dude is done physically, absolutely waste of a contract. Fletcher was concentrating his inner DR with that move.

 

[ThatGuy22]

Hopefully he can come back healthy next year and be a solid backup.

 

[MuckOG]

Hopefully he can come back healthy next year and be a solid backup.

Yeah, a $3.4 million dollar back-up.

 

[BigT2002]

Called this at the beginning of the last year. Dude is done physically, absolutely waste of a contract. Fletcher was concentrating his inner DR with that move.

He was really handcuffed though. Backs did play great last year. Hard to move away from someone who has proven to be able to play and go elsewhere.

 

[nickschultzfan]

He didn't look right all season.

Unfortunately this means we probably won't be able to regular buyout him this off-season.

 

[this providence]

Yeah, a $3.4 million dollar back-up.

Won't matter because Kuemper still won't be at that hit yet.

 

[NHL1674]

He didn't look right all season.

Unfortunately this means we probably won't be able to regular buyout him this off-season.

We couldn't buy him out even if he was healthy.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

We couldn't buy him out even if he was healthy.

I think we could, it would just be regular, not compliance.

 

[NHL1674]

I think we could, it would just be regular, not compliance.

Ahhh....missed the wording on that. My bad. Brain fried from following HF in the past hour.

 

[Billy Mays Here*]

Yeah, a $3.4 million dollar back-up.

Perhaps, but most teams don't have a starter coming off an entry level deal.

 

[Avder]

This is really good news. We really wrecked him by riding him into the ground at the end of last season. Hopefully now he3 will do the smart thing and have surgery to repair everything, and have a full offseason to heal up and see if maybe he's still useful as a goalie next year.

 

[Wild Caniac]

I loved Backstrom. I am now very happy that I was able to attend his more than likely final start for this team when the Wild lost to Colorado on January 11th. I hope he becomes healthy soon.

 

[LordFletcher]

if Backs is healthy for next year, I like keeping him and not buying him out no matter his contract. Hopefully he can become a great mentor to Kuemper and we'll see what happens with Harding.

If Harding and Backs are healthy for the start of next year, it will be a very interesting summer / fall seeing as it looks like Kuemper may run away with the starting goalie gig for the next 10 years

 

[Minnesota]

Called this at the beginning of the last year. Dude is done physically, absolutely waste of a contract. Fletcher was concentrating his inner DR with that move.

Holy overreaction, batman.

You realize Backstrom's career isn't over, and that he'll likely regain his form by next season, right?

 

[Caior89]

Definetely something was wrong with Backstrom since the start of the season. Good thing he will have time to rest and heal properly for the next season.