David Backes

Age 37 May 1, 1984

Minneapolis USA

Right Wing shoots right

6'3" 191 cm

215 lbs 98 kg

ELC Signing Age 21

Waivers Signing Age 22

UFA Year 2011

Agent Wade Arnott

Draft Year 2003
Drafted Overall 62
Draft Round 2
Draft Team

No contract for upcoming season.
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Career Earnings: $61,530,000

Transaction History

Sep 9, 2021		St. Louis Blues \| David Backes \| Backes retired as a member of the Blues after signing a one-day contract with St. Louis on Thursday.
Apr 9, 2021		Anaheim Ducks \| David Backes \| Backes was promoted for Friday's tilt with the Avalanche.
Apr 6, 2021		Anaheim Ducks \| David Backes \| Backes scored an empty-net goal, dished an assist and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 5-1 win over the Sharks.
Apr 4, 2021		Anaheim Ducks \| David Backes \| Backes has been promoted to the Ducks' active roster and will be in the lineup for Sunday's game versus the Coyotes.
Mar 14, 2021		Anaheim Ducks \| David Backes \| Backes was waived by the Ducks on Sunday, Sportsnet's Chris Johnston reports.
Mar 5, 2021	Assigned	Anaheim Ducks \| David Backes \| Backes was assigned to the taxi squad Friday, per CBS Sports.
Feb 20, 2021		Anaheim Ducks \| David Backes \| Backes scored a goal on three shots in Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Wild.
Feb 20, 2021		Anaheim Ducks \| David Backes \| Backes was promoted to the active roster Saturday, per CBS Sports.
Feb 15, 2021		Anaheim Ducks \| David Backes \| Backes was demoted to the taxi squad Monday, according to CBS Sports.
Feb 11, 2021		Anaheim Ducks \| David Backes \| Backes was promoted to the active roster and is expected to play in Thursday's game against Vegas, per CBS Sports.
Feb 10, 2021		Anaheim Ducks \| David Backes \| Backes was sent to the taxi squad Wednesday, per CBS Sports.
Feb 2, 2021		Anaheim Ducks \| David Backes \| Backes scored a goal on eight shots and won 12 of 19 faceoffs in Tuesday's 3-1 win over the Kings.
Jan 23, 2021	Recalled	Anaheim Ducks \| David Backes \| Backes was recalled from AHL San Diego on Friday, TSN reports.
Jan 8, 2021		Anaheim Ducks \| David Backes \| Backes was placed on waivers Friday, James Mirtle of The Athletic reports.
Feb 21, 2020	Trade	TRADE ANALYSIS The Boston Bruins acquired Ondrej Kase from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for David Backes, Axel Andersson, and a 2020 first round pick (0) Leave a Comment
Jan 17, 2020		Boston Bruins \| waived RW David Backes.
Dec 1, 2019	Activated	Boston Bruins \| activated RW David Backes from injured reserve.
Jan 4, 2019		Boston Bruins \| announced RW David Backes to has served his suspension.
Dec 28, 2018	Suspended	Boston Bruins \| (NHL) suspended RW David Backes three games for an illegal check to the head.
Mar 7, 2018	Suspended	Boston Bruins \| (NHL) suspended RW David Backes three games for interference against an opponent.
Nov 29, 2017	Activated	Boston Bruins \| activated RW David Backes from injured reserve.
Nov 2, 2017	Injured	Boston Bruins \| placed RW David Backes on IR.
Oct 19, 2017	Activated	Boston Bruins \| activated RW David Backes from injured reserve.
Jul 1, 2016		Boston Bruins \| signed C David Backes to a five-year, $30 million contract.
Nov 12, 2010		St. Louis Blues \| (David Backes) signed to a five-year contract extension.

Current Stats
Career Stats

Regular Season Stats

David Backes	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
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Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	1999-2000	Spring Lake Park High	USHS-MN	24	17	20	37	0
	2000-2001	Spring Lake Park High	USHS-MN	24	29	46	75	0
	2001-2002	Lincoln Stars	USHL	30	11	10	21	54									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
	2001-2002	Spring Lake Park High	USHS-MN	25	31	36	67	0									Playoffs	2	1	1	2	0
Draft Yr	2002-2003	Lincoln Stars	USHL	55	28	39	67	122									Playoffs	6	4	1	5	0
	2003-2004	Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato)	NCAA	39	16	21	37	66
	2004-2005	Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato)	NCAA	38	17	23	40	55
	2005-2006	Minnesota State Univ. (Mankato)	NCAA	38	13	29	42	91
	2005-2006	Peoria Rivermen	AHL	12	5	5	10	10									Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0
	2006-2007	Peoria Rivermen	AHL	31	10	3	13	47
	2006-2007	St. Louis Blues	NHL	49	10	13	23	37
	2006-2007	USA	WC	7	1	2	3	6
	2007-2008	St. Louis Blues	NHL	72	13	18	31	99	843	44.74	52.52	5.65	50.30	3.26	0.64	1.64
	2007-2008	USA	WC	6	0	1	1	35
	2008-2009	St. Louis Blues	NHL	82	31	23	54	165	1,006	50.00	53.99	6.46	50.30	3.40	1.31	2.27	Playoffs	4	1	2	3	0
	2008-2009	USA	WC	9	1	4	5	33
	2009-2010	St. Louis Blues	NHL	79	17	31	48	106	996	50.62	51.93	4.00	53.02	2.64	0.54	1.99
	2009-2010	USA	OG	6	1	2	3	2
	2010-2011	St. Louis Blues	NHL	82	31	31	62	93	1,180	64.42	55.56	6.98	53.51	1.76	1.07	1.93
	2011-2012	St. Louis Blues	NHL	82	24	30	54	101	1,206	58.11	55.25	1.61	55.63	2.08	0.55	1.39	Playoffs	9	2	2	4	0
	2012-2013	St. Louis Blues	NHL	48	6	22	28	62	709	55.10	53.08	3.89	52.56	0.34	0.34	1.61	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	0
	2013-2014	St. Louis Blues	NHL	74	27	30	57	119	1,042	58.75	55.63	1.44	56.42	2.81	0.69	2.02	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0
	2013-2014	USA	OG	6	3	1	4	6
	2014-2015	St. Louis Blues	NHL	80	26	32	58	104	1,087	55.56	52.47	-1.62	50.35	-2.73	0.83	2.15	Playoffs	6	1	1	2	0
	2015-2016	St. Louis Blues	NHL	79	21	24	45	83	1,107	53.03	52.99	1.80	51.88	-0.97	0.43	1.35	Playoffs	20	7	7	14	0
	2016-2017	USA	WCup	2	0	0	0	0
	2016-2017	Boston Bruins	NHL	74	17	21	38	69	1,014	52.27	53.26	-0.91	56.25	1.37	0.71	1.54	Playoffs	6	1	3	4	0
	2017-2018	Boston Bruins	NHL	57	14	19	33	53	732	45.10	57.77	3.93	56.05	1.70	0.66	1.39	Playoffs	12	2	1	3	0
	2018-2019	Boston Bruins	NHL	70	7	13	20	31	764	63.64	54.39	1.30	53.72	0.29	0.39	0.94	Playoffs	15	2	3	5	0
	2019-2020	Boston Bruins	NHL	16	1	2	3	16	129	44.40	62.80	7.70	55.70	3.60		0.93
	2019-2020	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	6	0	3	3	6	54	57.10	44.20	-3.50	49.00	0.20		2.24
	2020-2021	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	15	3	1	4	4	163	28.60	48.20	-3.50	51.10	-1.60	0.74	1.10
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Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date July 1, 2016
Signing Status UFA
Agent Wade Arnott

Standard Contract | 5 Years $30,000,000 8.22% of cap space

	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Cap Hit	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
AAV	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$3,000,000	$1,000,000	$3,000,000
Signing Bonuses	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$1,000,000
Total Salary	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$6,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000
Minors Salary	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$6,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000
Clauses	NMC	NMC	NMC	M-NTC	M-NTC
UFA Year
* Retained 25% of contract was retained by Boston Bruins in trade to Anaheim Ducks

Signing Team

Signing Date November 12, 2010
Signing Status UFA

Standard Contract | 5 Years $22,500,000 7.00% of cap space

	2011-2012	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016
Cap Hit	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
AAV	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$4,500,000	$3,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$4,500,000	$3,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000
Minors Salary	$4,500,000	$3,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	$4,750,000
Clauses		NTC	NTC	NTC	NTC
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date July 1, 2008
Signing Status RFA

Standard Contract | 3 Years $7,500,000 4.41% of cap space

	2008-2009	2009-2010	2010-2011
Cap Hit	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	UFA
AAV	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000
Minors Salary	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date March 15, 2006

Entry Level Contract | 2 Years $1,775,000 1.74% of cap space

	2006-2007	2007-2008
Cap Hit	$765,000	$765,000	RFA
AAV	$887,500	$887,500
Performance Bonuses	$155,000	$90,000
Base Salary	$500,000	$575,000
Signing Bonuses	$227,500	$227,500
Total Salary	$727,500	$802,500
Minors Salary	$50,000	$50,000
Clauses
UFA Year