Backstrom (ankle)
 

I heard he picked up an injury at Dinamo. What's the latest there..

http://en.ria.ru/sports/20120919/176067663.html

All I can find on it.

Damn, I hope it's not too serious if true.

Seems pretty suspicious. In the past, teams over there haven't been afraid to make up excuses for why something promised didn't happen. With all the different people reporting conflicting things about whether he accepted the spot or not, it's not too farfetched to think this could be something like that.

Very much this. In the past, but today also and for sure in the future. They are very quick to release news that were never agreed in the first place.

I don't think he has even left the state yet...

I could care less. He could've totally torn his ACL and I still wouldn't care. He'll have a whole year to recover, and that's assuming we even re-sign him.

Maybe they mistook insurance for injury. I know that's a holdup.

That didn't take long! :biglaugh:

Sucks, though.

Gotta be a false report. That would only happen if the Wild were playing and the games actually counted. :sarcasm:

...meh

Turns out

Backstrom couldn't....
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Hackett.


Yeaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

I loled, and then facepalmed.

Probably the most relevant line from the article:

Backs is starting to get hurt as often as Harding.

Thats why you can never have too much goaltending.

You could knock me over with a feather with news of Backstrom being injured. :rolleyes:

Oh, he really is injured?! Ok, I take my words back.
But only in this case.

You must have horrible balance then...