Josh Harding (Expected to retire)

[gphr513]

Russo is saying that Harding has an ankle injury, will miss at least the start of camp.

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[this providence]

Sign that hockey is soon to be under way...

Guy can't catch a break.

 

[Minnesota]

Russo is saying that Harding has an ankle injury, will miss at least the start of camp.

It's easy to forget that even before he was diagnosed, Harding was made of glass.

 

[gphr513]

Apparently Russo indicated, while he was on with Bump, that the Wild will reach out to Bryz.

 

[Victorious Secret]

Haha. Just get Kuemper back.

 

[Swervin81]

Seriously... guy cannot catch a break whatsoever. I want him so bad to be the guy that leads us in goal to the cup, but man...

Kuemper must be frothing at the mouth right about now.

 

[Minnesota]

Yup, Kuemper just got a little more leverage. Perfect.

 

[ThatGuy22]

Yup, Kuemper just got a little more leverage. Perfect.

Everyone knew Kuemper was going to see significant NHL time this year, Fletcher was messing around over 200k. Should have signed him when he had the chance.

He'll be lucky to get Kuemper for 850k now. I certainly don't want to go into the season with Bryz and Backstrom...

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

Sucks. Guy has MS and is out most of last year and now he gets an ankle injury. F.

 

[Puhis]

Best of luck to Josh, hopefully it's only a minor injury.

 

[NHL1674]

Seriously... guy cannot catch a break whatsoever. I want him so bad to be the guy that leads us in goal to the cup, but man...

Kuemper must be frothing at the mouth right about now.

Not if they bring Bryz in. What's ******* annoying is that this injury didn't happen on the ice.

 

[Ban Hammered]

Yup, Kuemper just got a little more leverage. Perfect.

Maybe, maybe not.
If they are going to reach out to Bryz, I Don't think he's gained anything

 

[ThatGuy22]

Fletcher's not going into the season with two goalies, that on their best days can be described as "serviceable vets".

 

[Loopy0ne]

Noooo Josh... sports have really been depressing as **** lately -

 

[Ban Hammered]

Fletcher's not going into the season with two goalies, that on their best days can be described as "serviceable vets".

I think he's more likely to that than cave to a rookie with 30 games under his belt.

 

[Lapa]

What a shame. Speedy recovery, Josh.

 

[Gaps]

Here we go again. I expected something to happen, but not this early.

 

[Sharppi]

Great, 3 weeks to the start of the season and injuries.

 

[BigT2002]

Said it last season, Harding just needs to retire and get it over with. I feel terrible for him and as someone who is dating someone who was just diagnosed with MS, it is even harder because she was starting to follow him religiously this offseason because Hards was giving her hope she would be able to continue being active.

BUT, this team needs to move forward. And I want Bryz over Kemps. Especially after the slick way he's trying to get paid after this season would be over.

 

[42]

I always thought Minny would make a play for someone like Hiller on July 1st. But I guess there are too many cooks in the kitchen.

 

[DeuceMN]

Man, this just sucks for Josh and the team. This dude seriously can't catch a break.

He has all the heart in the world and his body just does not want to agree with him, it's really sad.

We need to stabilize this goaltending drama and be done with it. I love Josh and appreciate his desire to win, but he really should consider retiring.

 

[Minnesota]

Russo:

No prognosis yet on Josh Harding's ankle injury. Fletcher/Yeo will meet with him today. #mnwild is very "frustrated" over injury

Upset Yeo on Nik Backstrom:My full attention is on that guy right there. He’s the one who is here, he’s the one who put in the work #mnwild

Fletcher plans to meet with Josh Harding today to try to ascertain what happened. #mnwild

Fletcher: "Our division got better and we have a lot of work ahead of us and this is not the ideal way to start your season." #mnwild

I wonder if the injury was non-hockey related? If so, Harding really should have been more cautious... From the sound of things, the injury sounds like it could have been avoided. Not sure why else Yeo would be upset and Fletcher frustrated.

 

[countrygentleman]

Russo:





I wonder if the injury was non-hockey related? If so, Harding really should have been more cautious... From the sound of things, the injury sounds like it could have been avoided. Not sure why else Yeo would be upset and Fletcher frustrated.

In his blog yesterday, Russo said it did happen off the ice.

 

[gphr513]

For Fletcher and Yeo to be outwardly disappointed and frustrated, I have to imagine this was a very avoidable/dumb injury.

 

[gphr513]

Chad Graff ‏@ChadGraff
Josh Harding's foot/ankle injury is "not short term," #mnwild GM Chuck Fletcher said.