A hip injury that hampered Washington Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom last season will keep him sidelined as the team opens training camp this week.
“Yeah, he has an injury that I think it caught up with him at the end,” said Washington general manager Brian MacLellan. “It got worse, and he struggled to be at 100 percent.”
Backstrom, 33, is considered week-to-week as he continues rehab on the left hip, which he also had arthroscopic surgery on in 2015.
Nicklas Backstrom out for start of camp
Despite the injury, Backstrom missed just one game last season and was on the ice for the Capitals’ first-round playoff loss to the Boston Bruins.