Minnesota coach Mike Yeo says he and his staff will need to do a better job next season of not overusing goaltender Niklas Backstrom in the Wild net. "Last year, we were kind of forced into a situation where we played him a ton," Yeo said of Backstrom. "He was a warrior for us and did an unbelievable job. Certainly, we can sit here and say maybe he wouldn't have gotten hurt before Game 1 of the playoffs if we had an opportunity to give him a little bit more rest. But [he] has been feeling good and he's excited about the season. I know he wants to play more games next year, but we really are going to go in without a plan per se and just make sure we're just sort of evaluating it every day. We've got two capable goalies and we know [he] needs to get his games to be on top, but we also have to make sure that we're monitoring his rest and that we're giving him the best chance to be at his best every night."