Mattias Backman
32-Year-Old
Free Agent
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Signed a one-year contract with EHC Kloten (NLA) in June of 2017.
Will play in Europe
Backman agreed to terms on a one-year deal with EHC Kloten of the NLA on Friday.
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This could mark the end of Backman's hopes of playing in the NHL after bouncing around the minors for the last four seasons and never making his debut. The 24-year-old began his professional career in his native Sweden with Linkopings HC and now returns to Europe -- this time in Switzerland.
This could mark the end of Backman's hopes of playing in the NHL after bouncing around the minors for the last four seasons and never making his debut. The 24-year-old began his professional career in his native Sweden with Linkopings HC and now returns to Europe -- this time in Switzerland.
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Backman made his way to the U.S. in 2013-14, contributing six points to the ten-game playoff run for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL. He is in the last year of his entry-level contract, and is hoping to impress in the minors enough for the Red Wings to re-sign him.
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Waived for reassignment
Backman was waived by the team Monday, Sean Shapiro of NHL.com reports.
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Backman signed a one-year contract with the Stars on Thursday.
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Backman and Mattas Janmark were traded from the Red Wings to the Stars on Sunday in exchange for Erik Cole, ESPN's Pierre LeBrun reports.
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Backman, the Wings' seventh-round choice in the 2011 draft, has signed a three-year deal, the Detroit Free Press reports.
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