"Teemu Selanne has reportedly told a Finnish newspaper that he will wait until September to make a final decision on playing with the Ducks in 2011-12.

Ilta-Sanomat, Finland's second-largest newspaper, caught up with Selanne on Wednesday and the winger reportedly said that he wants more time to make sure that his knee heals properly after it was revealed by Ducks GM Bob Murray over the summer that it bothered the high-scoring forward through much of last season.

Enlisting the translation help of Vesa Rantanen, who's covered Selanne and many other Finnish players in the NHL for the paper, Selanne reportedly said that it's "fair for all parties" to hold off on announcing his intentions to the team until then.

[UPDATE: A team spokesman said that Selanne and Murray have spoken this week and will do so again next week but that the winger didn't give Murray a definitive answer either way.]

Selanne, 41, originally had set a personal deadline of July 1 but pushed that back after undergoing an arthroscopic procedure on his troublesome left knee to see whether it will hold up to competition for another 82 or more games."