The Wild bring back a familiar face for pro tryout.

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The Wild bring back a familiar face for pro tryout.
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The Minnesota Wild are bringing back a familiar face on a professional tryout.

Sources told Michael Russo of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, former Wild forward Ryan Carter is expected to join his old teammates on the ice Friday, and will skate with the team for the remainder of the month. This is somewhat of an extended tryout for Carter, who was sidelined with a torn labrum.

If the Wild deem that Carter isn't suffering any effects from his surgically repaired labrum, they will have the opportunity to sign him for a playoff run.

They'll have to make the decision before March 1 in order for him to be included on the postseason roster.

Carter underwent shoulder surgery at the recommendation of the Wild, an agreement which he and the team established last year.

"(General manager Chuck Fletcher) was really good and fair," he told Russo in September. "He just told me to get surgery, get healthy, and depending where we both stand when I get healthy enough to play, we can go from there. He just said it's not fair to me to play hurt and it's not fair to the coach and team to not know if I can play through it.

"He said they'd help me with surgery, and I don't think they have any responsibility to take care of me, so I appreciate that."

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