Ward: Back 'shouldn't be a problem'

Cam Ward is back. And, he says, without any back pain. The Canes' goaltender joined Eric Staal at Canada's Olympic orientation camp last week in Calgary, but had to sit out the first day with a sore back. It was the same problem, Ward said today after a workout at the RecZone, that hurt him in the Eastern Conference playoff finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins. A setback in his bid to make the Olympic team? "I don't think so," Ward said. "I didn't want to go out there (on the ice) unless I was 100 percent. There's no point going out there and showing them 85 percent and getting lit up by some great players. "I wanted to make sure that I was feeling 100 percent when I went out there so I could perform to my capabilities, keeping in mind we have the Hurricanes' (preseason) camp here in a couple of weeks. So I wanted to make sure I was healthy for that, too." Ward said the injury was "much the same" as in the ...