Marian Gaborik Injury News and how do Minnesota Wild fans feel about him?

From Russo's Rants:

In case you hadn't ready John Shipley's article about the Wild winning the PR battle in the Marian Gaborik contract negotiations, it pretty clearly outlines the facts in the case of the Twin Cities vs. Marian Gaborik.

Here's a listing of comments from around the blogosphere on the Gaborik situation:

Now, I don't agree with these individuals, especially the last guy. However, if Marian Gaborik turned down $8.5M/year for 10 years, and it wasn't actually his decision, he needs to fire Ron Salcer, because he's not going to get that offer anywhere outside of the KHL. If he did get that offer and turned it down on his own, then he's an idiot.

Thanks to hockey writer Peter Matijek, who sent Russo the translation of the Gaborik interview with Lubos Toth yesterday in Sunrise:

Minnesota’s biggest star stayed in the locker room on Thursday. An injury
kept Marian Gaborik off the Wild’s roster. What kind of injury, the club
would not reveal, nor did it permit Gaborik to tell.

Minnesota announced you were not going to play because of a lower body
injury. What does that mean?

   I can not comment on that, unfortunately.

Can you talk about when you are expected to return to ice?

   We are going to see. It is no serious injury, I hope it is going to be
soon.

The Wild have started well into the new season, even if a number of stars
have left the team. Are you happy (with the way the team is doing)?

   I have played only two games, this one was going to be the third. We
have won all three of them, that is a pretty good start. There is quite a
lot of new faces in the team, but I have felt very well on the ice so far.

Since the beginning of the season, the question if you are staying on the
team, has been dominating the news. What can you tell about that, as of
today?

   I am just trying to focus on hockey. How the things are going to happen,
we are just going to see. I am playing here, I obviously want to stay here,
and do not think about future for now.

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