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Marian Gaborik: A Wild original

Last update: July 1, 2009 - 9:27 PM

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His career was marked by occasional brilliance and nearly annual injury problems. Here's a season-by-season look at the final member of the original Wild team, who left Wednesday to sign a five-year, $37.5 million contract with the New York Rangers.

BY THE NUMBERS

Ht: 6-1 Wt: 199 Born: 2/14/82 in Trencin, Slovakia

Career totals (2000-09):

GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S%

502 219 218 437 +54 301 59 6 43 1,694 12.9

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Career leader in Wild history in games played, goals and assists.

• Scored 17 points (nine goals, eight assists) in Wild's 2003 playoff run to the conference finals.

• NHL All-Star (2003, 2008).

• Named best forward at junior under-18 world championships (1999).

YEAR BY YEAR

2008-09

Injury watch: Played in only 17 games because of a hip injury and hip surgery.

Highlights: Appeared in the season's final 11 games, tallying 10 goals and eight assists in that stretch.

2007-08

Injury watch: Missed five games (played in 77, his most since the 2002-03 season) because of a groin strain.

Highlights: Led team and set career highs with 42 goals and 83 points ... Finished first on the team at plus-17 ... Scored five goals against New York (12/20), becoming the 55th player in league history to do so and the first since Sergei Federov (12/26/96).

2006-07

Injury watch: Missed 34 games because of groin strain suffered at Anaheim (10/20).

Highlights: When Gaborik scored a goal, the Wild was 19-2-2; when he played, the Wild was 33-9-6. ... Led the team in playoff goals (three) in a five-game series loss to Anaheim.

2005-06

Injury watch: Missed the season's first six games because of a strained groin and 11 games because of a strained hip flexor.

Highlights: Scored his 100th goal while playing in his 300th career game. ... Finished first on the team in goals (38) and second in points (66).

2004-05

NHL lockout.

2003-04

Injury watch: Missed five games because of a hip flexor injury.

Highlights: Led all Wild forwards in ice time at 18 minutes, 16 seconds per game.

2002-03

Injury watch: Missed only one game, because of the flu.

Highlights: Saw action in a career-high 81 games and led the team with 65 points (30-35--65). ... Was the youngest player to skate in the 2003 NHL All-Star Game; won the fastest skater competition. ... Became the fourth player in NHL history to record five hat tricks before his 21st birthday. ... Tallied 17 points (nine goals, eight assists) in 17 playoff games.

2001-02

Injury watch: Missed the season opener while recovering from offseason sports hernia surgery and three games because of a strained quadriceps.

Highlights: Became the first Wild to be named NHL player of the week (3/4-3/10) with seven goals and eight points in four contests. ... Played in the NHL YoungStars game during All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles.

2000-01

Injury watch: Missed 10 games, six because of a lower leg contusion and the final four games of the season because of an abdominal strain.

Highlights: Skated in the Wild's first NHL game and scored the first regular-season goal in team history at Anaheim (10/6).

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