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Gaborik passes physical

March 2, 2009 01:02 AM | Posted by   Chris Iorfida  

The Star Tribune in Minnesota reports that forward Marian Gaborik passed a physical on the weekend and is expected to resume skating sometimes this week. The unrestricted free agent underwent surgery on his hip and has missed the bulk of this season, complicating plans for the Wild to re-sign him and for teams wondering if he'd be healthy enough to join their club for the playoffs.
The paper also reported that the Wild and UFA goalie Niklas Backstrom's reps are still talking, but no word beyond that.