Joey MacDonald getting his back healthy, feels he'll be ready for camp

Joey MacDonald is sticking around the Detroit area a little longer.
Still recuperating from a partially herniated disc, MacDonald will remain in Detroit for the next four to six weeks working with Red Wings trainers to make sure he’s fully healthy headed into the summer.
MacDonald doesn’t think surgery will be necessary, and rest and rehabilitation should do the trick.
MacDonald has a one-way contract next season and will likely be the No. 2 goaltender behind Jimmy Howard.
But if MacDonald is injured and unable to play when training camp arrives, it opens the door for someone else.
“That’s why I want to stick around here and be 100 percent ready,” said MacDonald, who won the back-up from Ty Conklin the second half of the season.
“It’s going in the right direction. I’m about 75 or 80 percent right now. I want to be at 100 percent before I go home.”
MacDonald was 8-5-1 (including a seven-game win streak) with a 2.16 goals-against average and .912 save percentage with the Wings this season.
“It was disappointing at the end when I got hurt but when I got the opportunity to play, and play a lot, coming in a tough situations with the (home) streak going on here, overall, it went good,” MacDonald said.