Josh Harding G FA Thu 6/30/11 8:50 AM
Josh Harding
G FA
Josh Harding wants all NHL teams to know that he is healthy after undergoing knee surgery to repair a torn MCL and ACL in his knee on September 24, 2010.
Harding will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1 and is unlikely to re-sign with the Wild as Minnesota seems to be targeting Jose Theodore who performed admirably as the backup to Niklas Backstrom last season. "I've had no setbacks with the knee ever since I started skating with a couple months left in the year there," Harding said. "I've had no trouble with it. I feel strong with it. I've had no restrictions. I have no hesitation going down [into the butterfly]." When on his game, Harding can be a starting netminder but he will be happy to catch on with another NHL team before the start of training camp in September.