Wild forward Joel Eriksson Ek is set to have core muscle surgery next week.
It has been a long season of injuries for Eriksson Ek. He missed 36 games this year on multiple different injury stints. He even broke his nose in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Vegas Golden Knights but played in all six games.
Eriksson Ek, 28, has three assists in six playoff games. He had 14 goals, 15 assists, and 29 points in 46 regular season games for the Wild and was their first line center for the playoffs.
His surgery in a week will not affect him for the future like the start of next season. Eriksson Ek said he will be ready for training camp.
“I will probably have surgery on something, a little bit, hopefully next week. Nothing that’s going to be going into next season.”
