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 ...

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 ...

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

CALGARY, Alberta — Mikael Backlund signed a two-year, $9-million extension with the Calgary Flames and was named captain, the team announced Wednesday. Backlund would have become an unrestricted ...

Mikael Backlund becomes just the second player in Flames history to reach 1,000 games with the franchise. ... the Calgary Flames’ captain, Mikael Backlund will be skating in his 1,000th career game.

The NHL announced that captain Mikael Backlund was named to the Calgary Flames Quarter-Century Second Team. Here's a look back at his career in red. The NHL announced the Calgary Flames Quarter ...

Calgary Flames centre Mikael Backlund (11) plays in his 1,000 game against the Utah Hockey Club on Wednesday in Salt Lake City. (Melissa Majchrzak/AP) Social Sharing.

CALGARY - Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund will be out on a week-to-week basis with an upper-body injury, the NHL team said Friday. Backlund was hurt in the first period of a 4-3 shootout ...

The Calgary Flames signed Mikael Backlund to a two-year contract extension and immediately named him the 21st captain in franchise history.