Gabby is mailing it in.

The saga of Minnesota's selfish super star continues but there is some light at the end of the tunnel. I will be glad when this season is over and Wild fans can wave goodbye to GM Doug Risebrough, prima donna Marian Gaborik and head coach Jacques Lemaire because this season has been a train wreck and it is only going to get worse. It's time for a major shakeup of the Minnesota Wild Hockey team. Here is the latest from the Michael Russo.

Doug Risebrough made it pretty clear on the conference call that he’d prefer Gaborik continue playing and not have surgery, saying, “I’m disappointed that he won’t be here with us for this point in the season. But, you know, this is the choice that Marian has made. So I have no other comment.”

Gaborik made very clear that he’s 26 years old and he is unwilling to jeopardize the rest of his career by ruining his hip. He said it very tough not playing, but this is something he has to get fixed. He said if he was 38, it’d be a different story.

He said his plan is to definitely return this season, but he’s got to be smart. He said he believes the hip problems have been the cause of his career-long groin problems, and that this will solve it for good. As an example, he said he’s had no right groin problems after his right hip surgery.

Incidentally, Gaborik is not happy with all the talk that he’s not willing to play through 100 percent and that he’s “milking” the injury. I’ll have more on this on the blog later and in tomorrow’s article