Mikael Backlund

Mailed out: April 7, 2014

Returned: April 23, 2014

c/o Flames - return #14

I sent a few letters out to players Canadian teams at the start of April in hopes that I could nab a few players tending to their end of the season tasks, and today I got back the first success from the batch. Mikael Backlund is a stand out Swede, he was drafted in the first round by the Calgary Flames drafted in 2007. However, he struggled to live up to all the hype until last season. During the lockout he returned home to play in Sweden where he lit it up, it proved to be helpful for the young centre because when he came back for the start of the NHL season he said he wanted to, "show everybody I can play way better". Backlund is heavily involved in the community, being a spokesperson for charities in both Calgary and Sweden.