- Brodin says he had surgery a few weeks ago on a broken bone in his foot
- The Wild defenseman missed the entire Avalanche series and called it brutal
- Read below for what Brodin revealed at exit interviews and how Minnesota’s season ended
Jonas Brodin finally said what he had been dealing with.
The Wild defenseman told reporters at exit interviews Friday morning that he had surgery a few weeks ago on a broken bone in his foot. He called missing the postseason “brutal.”
Michael Russo of The Athletic shared the update:
Brodin hadn’t played since the first round. He took a shot off the foot in Game 5 against Dallas, left the arena on crutches and was never seen on the ice again. Minnesota closed out the Stars in six anyway, but they ran into Colorado already short two top-six pieces with Brodin and Joel Eriksson Ek both shelved.
Surgery wiped out the rest of his postseason. The Wild lost Game 5 to the Avalanche in overtime Tuesday night, blowing a three-goal lead and sending Colorado to the Western Conference Final. Brodin watched the whole series from home.
Our recap of the Game 5 collapse covers how the wheels fell off in Denver.
Friday’s exit interviews ran most of the morning. Captain Jared Spurgeon, Quinn Hughes, Marcus Foligno, Vladimir Tarasenko, Michael McCarron and Brodin himself all took turns at the podium. The Wild’s social team posted Spurgeon’s video first:
Minnesota finished the regular season with 46 wins, knocked off Dallas in six and then ran headfirst into a healthier Avalanche team without two of its best players. Bill Guerin spent the trade deadline reeling in Quinn Hughes. Now he gets to spend the summer figuring out how to keep his roster upright into May.
A clean offseason of recovery is the only positive Brodin gets to take from any of this.
