Mikael Backlund

Age 31 Mar 17, 1989

Vasteras SWE

Center shoots left

6'0" 183 cm

200 lbs 91 kg

ELC Signing Age 19

Waivers Signing Age 19

UFA Year 2016

Agent J.P. Barry

Expansion Draft Status
Eligible

Draft Year 2007
Drafted Overall 24
Draft Round 1
Draft Team

Cap Hit: $5,350,000
6.6% of team cap space
Accumulated Cap Hit: $0
Year 3 of 6 year contract
Expiry Status UFA | 2024 | 35 yrs old
Career Earnings: $33,037,500

Transaction History

Dec 16, 2018	Activated	Calgary Flames activated C Mikael Backlund from injured reserve.
Feb 16, 2018		Calgary Flames signed C Mikael Backlund to a six-year, $32.1 million contract extension.
Jun 20, 2015		Calgary Flames re-signed C Mikael Backlund to a three year, one-way contract worth $10,725,000.
Oct 30, 2014	Injured	Calgary Flames placed C Mikael Backlund on IR.
Jul 10, 2013		Calgary Flames signed C Mikael Backlund to a two-year, $3 million contract.
Feb 8, 2013	Injured	Calgary Flames placed C Mikael Backlund on IR.
Jan 2, 2011	Assigned	Calgary Flames (Mikael Backlund) assigned to Abbotsford (AHL).

Current Stats
Career Stats

2019-2020 Regular Season Stats

Mikael Backlund	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
Calgary Flames	70	16	29	45	3	26	981	51.60	49.30	-0.40	50.90	0.80	0.49	1.71
Mikael Backlund Stats by Elite Prospects							Mikael Backlund Advanced Stats by

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
	2003-2004	Västmanland	TV-Pucken	8	5	1	6	8
	2003-2004	Västerås IK U16	U16 SM	3	1	3	4	4
	2004-2005	Västmanland	TV-Pucken	8	6	2	8	4
	2004-2005	Västerås IK J18	J18 Allsvenskan	14	5	6	11	14									Playoffs	4	2	1	3	0
	2004-2005	Sweden U16 (all)	International-Jr	6	9	2	11	8
	2004-2005	Västerås IK U16	U16 SM	3	3	1	4	4
	2005-2006	Västmanland	TV-Pucken	8	11	6	17	6
	2005-2006	Västerås IK J20	J20 Nationell	25	15	16	31	30
	2005-2006	Västerås IK	HockeyAllsvenskan	12	2	2	4	14
	2005-2006	Sweden U17 (all)	International-Jr	7	6	7	13	10
	2005-2006	Sweden U18	WJC-18	3	1	0	1	0
	2005-2006	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	14	2	0	2	6
Draft Yr	2006-2007	Västerås IK	HockeyAllsvenskan	18	1	2	3	14
Draft Yr	2006-2007	Västerås IK J20	J20 Nationell	7	5	4	9	8									Playoffs	5	1	0	1	0
Draft Yr	2006-2007	Västerås IK J18	J18 Allsvenskan	2	2	1	3	2									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
Draft Yr	2006-2007	Sweden U18	WJC-18	6	6	1	7	6
Draft Yr	2006-2007	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	16	7	3	10	14
	2007-2008	Västerås IK	HockeyAllsvenskan	37	9	4	13	24
	2007-2008	Västerås IK	HockeyAllsvenskan	9	2	0	2	4
	2007-2008	Västerås IK J20	J20 Nationell	9	7	6	13	20
	2007-2008	Sweden U20	WJC-20	6	3	4	7	10
	2007-2008	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	15	7	8	15	10
	2007-2008	Sweden U19 (all)	International-Jr	5	3	2	5	6
	2008-2009	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	15	10	6	16	10
	2008-2009	Västerås IK	HockeyAllsvenskan	17	4	4	8	39
	2008-2009	Västerås IK J20	J20 Nationell	2	3	2	5	0
	2008-2009	Sweden U20	WJC-20	6	5	2	7	6
	2008-2009	Calgary Flames	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	9		57.82	-4.84	69.41	9.99	0.00	0.00
	2008-2009	Kelowna Rockets	WHL	28	12	18	30	26									Playoffs	19	13	10	23	0
	2008-2009	Kelowna Rockets	M-Cup	4	0	4	4	2									Playoffs	19	13	10	23	0
	2009-2010	Abbotsford Heat	AHL	54	15	17	32	26									Playoffs	13	1	8	9	0
	2009-2010	Calgary Flames	NHL	23	1	9	10	6	257	61.90	53.83	1.23	57.01	4.34	0.23	2.33
	2009-2010	Sweden	WC	6	0	1	1	2
	2009-2010	Sweden (all)	International	6	0	1	1	2
	2010-2011	Calgary Flames	NHL	73	10	15	25	18	757	53.33	57.50	4.67	56.58	6.82	0.63	1.59
	2010-2011	Abbotsford Heat	AHL	1	0	0	0	0
	2010-2011	Sweden	WC	9	3	2	5	2
	2010-2011	Sweden (all)	International	12	3	3	6	4
	2010-2011	Sweden	EHT	3	0	1	1	2
	2011-2012	Calgary Flames	NHL	41	4	7	11	16	527	35.90	51.15	3.03	51.43	5.49	0.23	0.91
	2012-2013	Calgary Flames	NHL	32	8	8	16	29	416	39.39	55.02	8.00	50.12	4.37	0.86	1.59
	2012-2013	Västerås IK	HockeyAllsvenskan	23	12	18	30	22
	2012-2013	Sweden (all)	International	3	0	1	1	0
	2012-2013	Sweden	EHT	3	0	1	1	0
	2013-2014	Calgary Flames	NHL	76	18	21	39	32	1,055	51.35	49.47	4.31	51.05	7.54	0.40	1.14
	2013-2014	Sweden	WC	10	5	3	8	29
	2013-2014	Sweden (all)	International	13	7	5	12	29
	2013-2014	Sweden	EHT	3	2	2	4	0
	2014-2015	Calgary Flames	NHL	52	10	17	27	14	707	49.15	49.33	4.44	46.30	2.56	0.51	1.70	Playoffs	11	1	1	2	0
	2015-2016	Calgary Flames	NHL	82	21	26	47	28	1,018	56.63	52.56	4.54	51.87	5.65	0.71	1.77
	2015-2016	Sweden (all)	International	12	5	1	6	4
	2015-2016	Sweden	WC	8	3	1	4	4
	2016-2017	Calgary Flames	NHL	81	22	31	53	36	1,011	53.09	51.50	4.76	54.65	5.67	0.77	1.66	Playoffs	4	1	2	3	0
	2016-2017	Sweden	WCup	2	0	0	0	0
	2016-2017	Sweden (all)	International	3	0	0	0	2
	2017-2018	Calgary Flames	NHL	82	14	31	45	78	1,105	40.43	52.44	-0.59	55.67	3.58	0.49	1.47
	2017-2018	Sweden	WC	10	2	7	9	6
	2017-2018	Sweden (all)	International	13	2	8	10	6
	2017-2018	Sweden	EHT	3	0	1	1	0
	2018-2019	Calgary Flames	NHL	77	21	26	47	52	1,087	61.29	51.76	-2.12	55.33	2.15	0.88	2.04	Playoffs	5	1	2	3	0
	2019-2020	Calgary Flames	NHL	70	16	29	45	26	981	51.60	49.30	-0.40	50.90	0.80	0.49	1.71	Playoffs	10	4	2	6	0
Mikael Backlund Stats by Elite Prospects \| Mikael Backlund Advanced Stats by

Active Contract

Signing Team

Signing Date February 16, 2018
Signing Status UFA
Agent J.P. Barry

Buyout Calculator

Standard Contract | 6 Years $32,100,000 6.56% of cap space

	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Cap Hit	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	UFA
AAV	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$3,850,000	$3,850,000	$4,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000
Signing Bonuses	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$5,850,000	$5,850,000	$4,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000
Minors Salary	$5,850,000	$5,850,000	$4,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000	$5,350,000
Clauses	NTC	NTC	NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
UFA Year
			Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out

Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date June 20, 2015
Signing Status RFA
Agent J.P. Barry

Standard Contract | 3 Years $10,725,000 5.01% of cap space

	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018
Cap Hit	$3,575,000	$3,575,000	$3,575,000	UFA
AAV	$3,575,000	$3,575,000	$3,575,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$3,575,000	$3,575,000	$3,575,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$3,575,000	$3,575,000	$3,575,000
Minors Salary	$3,575,000	$3,575,000	$3,575,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date July 10, 2013
Signing Status RFA

Standard Contract | 2 Years $3,000,000 2.33% of cap space

	2013-2014	2014-2015
Cap Hit	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	RFA
AAV	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$1,450,000	$1,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$50,000	$0
Total Salary	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
Minors Salary	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date July 5, 2012
Signing Status RFA

Standard Contract | 1 Years $725,000 1.21% of cap space

	2012-2013
Cap Hit	$725,000	RFA
AAV	$725,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$725,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$725,000
Minors Salary	$725,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date May 2, 2008

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $3,900,000 1.54% of cap space

	2008-2009	2009-2010	2010-2011	2011-2012
Cap Hit	$875,000	$845,833	$845,833	$845,833	RFA
AAV	$1,300,000	$1,270,833	$1,270,833	$1,270,833
Performance Bonuses	$0	$425,000	$425,000	$425,000
Base Salary	$0	$787,500	$787,500	$787,500
Signing Bonuses	$87,500	$87,500	$87,500	$0
Total Salary	$0	$875,000	$875,000	$787,500
Minors Salary	$0	$65,000	$65,000	$65,000
Clauses
UFA Year