HELP WANTED: A Wish List for the Minnesota Wild’s next General Manager
... letcher era was his tendency to lock the Wild into deals with aging players. Niklas Backstrom, , and come to mind. Same goes for even players who are still productive for ...
Niklas Backstrom
Montreal Canadiens: A historic comeback from being down 3-1 in a series
... led by Alexander Ovechkin and his 50-goal 109 point season and the likes of Niklas Backstrom, Alexander Semin (when he was good), and Mike Green. Game One didn’t go as p ...
Five Reasons why Chuck Fletcher is out as Wild General Manager
... the team in big ways. After the 2012-13 season, Fletcher signed 35-year-old Niklas Backstrom to a 3-year-deal with a no-move clause. Backstrom immediately became one of ...
Storm Advisory: 4/22/18
... t” candidates to replace Bill Peters? Can’t write that as fact. [] Thanks to Niklas Backstrom’s OT goal, the took a 3-2 lead in their series against the . [] The Capitals ...
Bruce Arthur: Leafs face bigger challenge after Kadri’s three-game suspension
... rm himself: his first two suspensions, for head hits to Minnesota goaltender Niklas Backstrom in 2013 and Edmonton’s Matt Fraser in 2015, were predatory hits. He tried to ...
Nazem Kadri is challenging Brad Marchand for the NHL’s most dangerous player
... spension: He blatantly and purposefully drives his elbow through the head of Niklas Backstrom. There is no gray area here. It was intentional and designed to injure. Here ...
Babcock shuffles lines ahead of potential Kadri suspension - Article - TSN
... head on Matt Fraser in March of 2015 and three games for running goaltender Niklas Backstrom in November of 2013. The Maple Leafs ultimately lost Thursday's game 5-1. G ...
Kadri misses practice as suspension hearing looms - Article - TSN
... head on Matt Fraser in March of 2015 and three games for running goaltender Niklas Backstrom in November of 2013. The Maple Leafs ultimately lost Thursday's game 5-1. G ...
Nazem Kadri of Toronto Maple Leafs defends hit on Tommy Wingels of Boston Bruins, faces NHL discipline
... ilers and three games in Nov. 2013 for interference on Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom. But in this case, he claims it was just an unfortunate series of events. "I ...
Bruins react to Nazem Kadri's dirty hit on Tommy Wingels
... to the head, and for three games in 2013 because of a hit to Wild netminder Niklas Backstrom's head. Confirmed to have a hearing tomorrow, the likelihood of Kadri facin ...
HabsWorld Predicts: 2018 Playoffs – Round 1, Part 2
... er solid season, with offensive forwards Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Kuznetzov and Niklas Backstrom, and a blueline lead by Dimitri Orlov and John Carlsson. However Washington’ ...
3 Underrated Blue Jackets/Capitals Stories to Watch
... znetsov Most of the offensive attention with the Capitals go to Ovechkin and Niklas Backstrom. But the player we have our eyes on is center Evgeny Kuznetsov. When the Cap ...
Patrick Maroon has breakout game in Devils' 5-3 loss to Capitals
... ed from the low slot to make it 1-1. But with 28 seconds left in the period, Niklas Backstrom made a swift move in the low slot to deke Schneider and beat him top-shelf a ...