"The Minnesota Wild re-signed backup goalie Josh Harding to a one-year contract today, shortly before the NHL free-agent signing period began.
That means Jose Theodore, signed last season after Harding was injured, has become a free agent and is expected to sign elsewhere. Theodore was an unsigned free agent last summer until Minnesota signed him during training camp.
Harding, who missed last season with torn anterior and medial cruciate ligaments in his left knee, will return to back up starter Niklas Backstrom this season. "
