Articles about Nicklas Backstrom

How the Canadian teams fared (The Globe and Mail)

Monday, 25 June 2007 at 05:39 by Siteadmin

A look at each of the six Canadian teams draft choices and what they mean Read more »

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Leafs acquire Vesa Toskala while Florida nabs star goalie Tomas Vokoun (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, 23 June 2007 at 03:30 by Siteadmin

COLUMBUS, Ohio (CP) - Goalies ruled the day Friday as the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Vesa Toskala sweepstakes and the Florida Panthers landed goalie Tomas Vokoun. Read more »

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Leafs acquire Vesa Toskala and Mark Bell from San Jose Sharks (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)

Friday, 22 June 2007 at 20:56 by Siteadmin

COLUMBUS, Ohio (CP) - Goalies ruled the day Friday as the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Vesa Toskala sweepstakes and the Florida Panthers landed star netminder Tomas Vokoun. Read more »

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NHL roundup: Vokoun goes to Panthers (The Globe and Mail)

Friday, 22 June 2007 at 19:54 by Siteadmin

Roberts, Recchi re-sign with Penguins Read more »

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Leafs acquire Vesa Toskala and Mark Bell from San Jose Sharks (CP via Yahoo! Canada News)

Friday, 22 June 2007 at 18:20 by Siteadmin

COLUMBUS, Ohio (CP) - John Ferguson has acquired a goalie on draft day for the second straight year. Read more »

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NHL draft starts today : Turris surely head of class (Vancouver Province)

Friday, 22 June 2007 at 14:12 by Siteadmin

1. Chicago Blackhawks: Kyle Turris, C, Burnaby (BCHL). The head says Patrick Kane -- the diminutive sniper lit up the OHL and was a world junior all-star -- but the gut says Turris. Offensive wizard is a year younger and may only last a year at the Univer... Read more »

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Making good 'hockey sense' (The Washington Examiner)

Friday, 22 June 2007 at 07:17 by Siteadmin

The Capitals haven't abandoned their youth movement. They're just ready to speed up the process, which means adding a veteran or two. Or three. And it means that tonight's draft won't yield the type of player who can help the Capitals. At least not this s... Read more »

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On Hockey: Vital pick for mending club (The Daily News Tribune)

Friday, 22 June 2007 at 05:48 by Siteadmin

He's not related to Boston great Phil Esposito, but forward Angelo Esposito coudl be the Bruins' pick at No. 8 overall in the NHL Draft. Read more »

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NHL Rewards the Best of 2007 (BellaOnline)

Tuesday, 19 June 2007 at 22:33 by Siteadmin

The National Hockey League handed out the awards to the year's best. Read more »

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Risebrough: Fernandez available at a price (TSN)

Tuesday, 19 June 2007 at 15:35 by Siteadmin

The re-signing of goaltender Niklas Backstrom has made former number one net minder Manny Fernandez expendable in Minnesota; however Wild GM Doug Risebrough is not ready to give him away. Read more »

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Late bloomer - sort of

Sunday, 14 January 2007 at 21:17 by Siteadmin

Nicklas was a so called late bloomer - maybe this would be wrong to say when he played his first game in swedish Elitserien being only 16 years - and won the World Championship when he was 18. But what I mean is he was never "supertalented" when... Read more »

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