Mikael Backlund wasn’t bad enough to the point of sitting as a healthy scratch last season, but he wasn’t as far off as you ...

Friends, it’s the middle of summer, and the Calgary Flames have completed most of their big 2025 off-season tasks. (The lone ...

NASHVILLE --Mikael Backlund of the Calgary Flames won the King Clancy Trophy, presented annually to the NHL player or players who best exemplify leadership qualities on and off the ice and have ...

Mikael Backlund is the longest tenured member of the Calgary Flames, but now, the team have been urged to trade him late in ...

The Calgary Flames have signed veteran forward Mikael Backlund to a three-year extension. According to TSN’s Darren Dreger, the new deal comes with a $3.575 million annual cap hit. A solid two ...

The Calgary Flames have signed center Mikael Backlund to a two-year, $9-million extension, the team announced Wednesday. In a corresponding move, the Flames also filled an important vacancy by naming ...

Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund played his 1,000th career game on Friday in a 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils. On the occasion, partners of Flames players threw Backlund’s wife Frida ...

Welcome to our top 5 Vancouver Canucks fights of the 2024-2025 season. With our friends from HockeyFights.com, at #4, we have ...

On Sept. 27, 2023, the Calgary Flames named Mikael Backlund as the team's 21st captain. He remains the only Swedish-born captain in Flames history and was the first dressing room leader since Mark ...

Backlund Named Captain of Flames Ahead of 2023 Season. Ahead of the 2023-24 NHL season, Backlund signed the two-year extension as he was entering the final year of his deal.

Mikael Backlund never envisioned reaching 1,000 games early in his NHL career.. In fact, the Calgary Flames captain wasn't sure he'd be sticking around long enough when injuries, adversity and ...