Backstrom, for one, is old enough to have fathered some of the Calgary Flames prospects.
It’s safe to say that Niklas Backstrom wasn’t acquired as a future prospect, future project or as part of any sort of Calgary Flames future.
He lands with the Calgary Flames purely due to circumstance. The Minnesota Wild needed to shed some cap space to allow them to acquire David Jones and Backstrom was able to offer that.
In landing with the Calgary Flames, there is a chance that Backstrom will see NHL ice-time this year. It’s well-documented that Jonas Hiller, Joni Ortio and the now sidelined Karri Ramo have been struggling between the pipes.