FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In the mind of Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov, the difficult part of his comeback already is over.
It happened in May, in a far-from-filled Swedish arena, when Barkov suited up for Finland in an exhibition against Switzerland for his first game since shredding his right knee in the Panthers’ first training camp practice 7 1/2 months earlier. And on one of his very first shifts, he tumbled to the ice.
Nothing bad happened.
“Very good news,” Barkov said.
That was it. That was all it took for Barkov to realize his surgically repaired knee was good, that he could play without fear or concern. A few weeks later, he…
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