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Wild’s Joel Eriksson Ek To Undergo Core Muscle Surgery

May 4, 2025 at 2:13 pm CDT | by Gabriel Foley Leave a Comment

Minnesota Wild centerman Joel Eriksson Ek shared that he’ll undergo core muscle surgery next week during his end-of-season media availability, per Michael Russo of The Athletic. Eriksson Ek added that he had been playing through the injury at the end of the season. It’s unclear if this is connected to the lower-body injury that held the 28-year-old out of 22 games between February and April. He also noted that this surgery shouldn’t impact his readiness for training camp next season.

Off-season surgery will continue the bad luck of an injury-riddled season into the summer. Eriksson Ek sustained countless injuries over the course of the year, including a broken nose and multiple lower-body injuries. In total he appeared in just 46 games – a new career low. Eriksson Ek was still reliably impactful when he was healthy, netting 14 goals and 29 points – an 82-game pace of 25 goals and 52 points. Those numbers would still fall short of the 30 goals and 64 points Eriksson Ek posted last season, though his scoring through injury was nonetheless impressive. He also remained a focal point in the defensive zone and ranked fifth on the team’s forwards in hits-per-game – among those to play at least 20 games in Minnesota.

Minnesota found a silver lining in the play of Marco Rossi while Eriksson Ek was out. Rossi took a major stride forward this year, netting 24 goals and 60 points while playing in all 82 games for a second-straight season. That includes a red-hot streak during Eriksson Ek’s absence when the calendar turned over. Rossi scored 36 points in 51 games between December 1st and March 31st. That was the second-highest on the team during that stretch – behind Matt Boldy’s 39 points. Rossi seemed to have more offense to give, and could be in store for a major breakout season in 2025-26, after confidently improving from the 40 points he scored last season.

With Eriksson Ek maintaining a strong two-way impact in his healthy games, Minnesota could finally land a top-two center duo to treasure with a wave of good health next season. Eriksson Ek has proven consistently capable of reaching 20 goals and rivaling 50 or 60 points. He’s managed that feat, or scored at an achievable pace, in each of the last five seasons.  He is signed to a yearly cap hit of $5.25MM through the 2027-28 season – an expiration date that Minnesota will surely begin sizing up with his performance next season.

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