In Nicklas Backstrom’s twelve plus NHL seasons he is nearly a point per game player. Being nearly a point per game player for that long in hockey’s best league in the world is incredible. In the 918 games Backstrom has skated in he has put up 891 points. Impressive to say the least.
Yet when you look at his accomplishments or awards he’s won in his NHL career, he has next to nothing. Yes, I know, he’s won the Stanley Cup and that’s all that really matters. That not what I’m taking about here. Backstrom has won no major individual awards and has been named to one All-Star game.