Nicklas Backstrom

Projecting Nazem Kadri’s Next Contract

The Season Nazem Kadri will be one of the most demanding centers on the open market. You can’t ever have too many of those on your team, and Kadri has proven he can anchor a line. After spending the better part of his early career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Dubas sent him off to […]

Capitals Looking to Free Agency and Trade to Replace Backstrom

Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom under went partial hip replacement surgery in Belgium on June 18 and his rehabilitation timeline will be “lengthy”. Backstrom is an elite playmaking pivot with almost a point per game for his career. Replacing him will not be easy. Expect the Capitals to be aggressive in trying to fill the […]

Nicklas Backstrom Has Potential Career-Ending Surgery

The Washington Capitals have received some very bad news in the form of their star center; Nicklas Backstrom has recently undergone hip resurfacing surgery. The surgery was done on Backstrom’s left hip, which was first operated on in 2015. He missed the first two months of the 2021-22 season due to an injury to that […]

Preview of The Red Wings New Year’s Eve Game vs Washington

The Red Wings are gearing up for their first game since December 18th versus New Jersey. Barring a lockout or New Year’s Day game, the Detroit Red Wings have had a tradition of hosting a New Year’s Eve game dating back to the 1997-98 season. The Omicron variant has spread exponentially throughout the NHL, and […]