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Country: Country FlagSWE
Age: 36.4 yrs (17.03.1989)
Height / Weight: 183 cm / 93 kg
Shoots: L
Number: #11
Drafted: #24 in 2007
Draft Team: Draft TeamCalgary Flames
Awards: King Clancy Memorial Trophy (1)
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70

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68 Offense (113. of 211 Centers)
75 Defense (63. of 211 Centers)
Middle-six Defensive Center
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Actual AAV: $4.500M
Player Contract Value: $4.000M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 37.3 yrs (17.03.1989)
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Mikael Backlund
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
09.04.2025 Ducks 1 1 1 2 1 20:30 5 20.0% 2
11.04.2025 Wild 1 1 0 1 1 21:10 5 20.0% 0
13.04.2025 Sharks 1 0 1 1 0 19:31 2 0.0% 0
15.04.2025 Golden Knights 1 1 0 1 0 19:08 2 50.0% 0
17.04.2025 Kings 1 1 1 2 2 18:01 3 33.3% 0
Total 5 4 3 7 4 17 23.5% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2008-09 Flames 1 0 0 0 0 10:43 1 0.0% 0
2009-10 Flames 23 1 9 10 5 12:35 47 2.1% 6
2010-11 Flames 73 10 15 25 4 12:04 144 6.9% 18
2011-12 Flames 41 4 7 11 -13 15:22 85 4.7% 16
2012-13 Flames 32 8 8 16 -6 15:07 88 9.1% 29
2013-14 Flames 76 18 21 39 4 18:31 178 10.1% 32
2014-15 Flames 52 10 17 27 4 17:45 103 9.7% 14
2015-16 Flames 82 21 26 47 10 16:25 155 13.5% 28
2016-17 Flames 81 22 31 53 9 17:36 197 11.2% 36
2017-18 Flames 82 14 31 45 -21 19:01 214 6.5% 78
2018-19 Flames 77 21 26 47 34 17:53 205 10.2% 52
2019-20 Flames 70 16 29 45 3 17:56 157 10.2% 26
2020-21 Flames 54 9 23 32 -7 17:36 144 6.2% 30
2021-22 Flames 82 12 27 39 16 17:07 214 5.6% 30
2022-23 Flames 82 19 37 56 24 18:10 260 7.3% 36
2023-24 Flames 82 15 24 39 -4 19:13 209 7.2% 24
2024-25 Flames 76 15 17 32 4 18:43 175 8.6% 32
Total 1066 215 348 563 66 2576 8.3% 487
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2014-15 Flames 11 1 1 2 -1 18:52 30 3.3% 8
2016-17 Flames 4 1 2 3 -3 19:49 14 7.1% 0
2018-19 Flames 5 1 2 3 -5 20:03 17 5.9% 8
2019-20 Flames 10 4 2 6 -2 19:22 27 14.8% 8
2021-22 Flames 12 5 3 8 6 19:33 33 15.2% 8
Total 42 12 10 22 -5 121 9.9% 32
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Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Mikael Backlund Current Team C 36.4 yrs 183 cm / 93 kg 0.42 0.53 68 75 $4.500M
88% Brandon Saad Current Team LW 32.8 yrs 185 cm / 97 kg 0.42 0.56 69 74 $2.000M
88% Marcus Johansson Current Team LW 34.9 yrs 185 cm / 91 kg 0.47 0.53 67 76 $0.800M
87% Morgan Frost Current Team C 26.3 yrs 183 cm / 87 kg 0.46 0.47 71 76 $4.375M
86% Adam Henrique Current Team C 35.5 yrs 183 cm / 88 kg 0.33 0.56 67 75 $3.000M
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