by:
Tony Abbott
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SB Nation: Hockey Wilderness
17h
... 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 ...
by:
Omar White
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Fansided: A Winning Habit
22h
... 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 ...
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Tony Abbott
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SB Nation: Hockey Wilderness
23 Apr
... 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 ...
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Justin Lape
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SB Nation: Canes Country
22 Apr
... 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 ...
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Bruce Arthur - Sports Columnist
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Metro News
14 Apr
... 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 ...
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Colin Beswick
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SB Nation: Stanley Cup of Chowder
14 Apr
... 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 ...
by:
TSN.ca Staff, with files from The Canadian Press
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TSN
13 Apr
... 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 ...
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TSN.ca Staff, with files from The Canadian Press
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TSN
13 Apr
... 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 ...
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Greg WyshynskiESPN
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ESPN Boston: Bruins Blog
13 Apr
... 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 ...
by:
ty.anderson
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WEEI: Big Bad Blog
13 Apr
... 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 ...
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Norman Szcyrek
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Habs World
13 Apr
... 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’ ...
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Mark Scheig
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The Hockey Writers
12 Apr
... 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 ...
by:
Abbey Mastracco, Staff Writer, @AbbeyMastracco
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North Jersey
8 Apr
... 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 ...