ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson will undergo offseason hip surgery in the coming days, general manager and president of hockey operations Bill Guerin told reporters at his end-of-season availability on Monday.

Guerin said that Gustavsson has been dealing with the issue through the “wear and tear” of the season — not an injury sustained from a single incident in a game. Guerin said he won’t know if Gustavsson will be ready for the start of the 2026-27 season until after the surgery. He wouldn’t say if it’s a torn labrum, something goaltenders often need repaired. If so, that’s usually a four-to-six-month timeline

Gustavsson, Team Sweden’s No. 1 goalie entering the Olympics before losing both the starting and backup gig, struggled dramatically down the stretch for the Wild, eventually losing the starting job to Jesper Wallstedt heading into the playoffs.

Gustavsson allowed four or more goals in five of his final regular-season six starts, going 2-4 with a 4.25 goals-against average and .836 save percentage. He started Game 2 of the second round of the playoffs – his first start in more than three weeks – and gave up four goals on 22 shots in a loss to the Avs.

The news could change the possibility of using Wallstedt to potentially acquire a No. 1 center this offseason. Guerin sounded motivated Monday to try to get that done, saying he would not “sit on my hands.”

“There’s always a way,” Guerin said when asked if he has the chips to make a big trade. “There’s always a deal to be made.”

On his goaltending, Guerin said, “I like our goaltending situation, to be quite honest with you. We have both guys — both of our goalies are No. 1 goalies, you know? The luxury of it is being able to put a fresh rested goalie in the net every night, and you know both guys are signed. They’re both very good. They work well in a tandem. They support each other. I’m very comfortable with where it is.”

Gustavsson will be in the first year of a five-year, $34 million contract next season.

Wallstedt, who admitted before the trade deadline that hearing his name in trade rumors had him on pins and needles, said after his strong regular season and postseason that he hoped he would not be traded.

“I don’t think you’re ever safe,” Wallstedt said. “Obviously, I hope I made a good impression. I hope I showed that I can bring something they want and something that can make our team successful over, hopefully, a lot of years. But yeah, you’re never, never truly safe. I really enjoyed it. I love it here, and obviously this is where I want to be, and where I want to play.”

Gustavsson didn’t give any indication during his exit interviews with reporters Friday that he was hurt. In assessing his season, he said, “Regular season was good. … After the Olympics … I wouldn’t say the game itself was bad for me. Like technical-wise or anything like that had to change. It’s more like just a bad rhythm. You get a few bounces and then you get a few more bad bounces, and it just took too long for me to catch up with that and get back into being super comfortable back there, you know — show that calmness and give that team that super confidence in me as a goalie back there.

“(John Hynes) as a head coach, probably saw that, and Wally played very good this year and played very good into coming into playoff, too. Why would you switch then if the team is playing good with that goalie at the back end there? It’s tough. You try and stay positive because you’re in with this group for so long for the whole year, and you love those guys and all you want to do is just win and have fun with them.

“Sometimes you just have to be on the side, just enjoy watching hockey, and just be so happy for the other guys on the team.”

Guerin said pending free agent Vladimir Tarasenko, who was hobbling around Denver before Game 5, was also banged up down the stretch.