Flames sign captain Mikael Backlund to two-year contract extension
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Monthly Digital Subscription
$1 per week for 24 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks. After 24 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.00 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
Monthly Digital Subscription
$4.75/week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $19 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Winnipeg Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
*$1 will be added to your next bill. After your 4 weeks access is complete your rate will increase by $0.00 a X percent off the regular rate.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
CALGARY – The Calgary Flames have signed captain Mikael Backlund to a two-year contract extension, the team announced Wednesday.
The deal carries an average annual value of US$3,250,000. Backlund is entering the final year of a two-year, $9 million deal.
The 36-year-old centre had 15 goals and 32 points in 76 games in 2024-25.
Backlund has played his entire 1,066-game NHL career in Calgary and is the longest tenured active skater on the Flames. The six-foot, 206-pound Swede was named the franchise’s 21st captain in September 2023.
He was a first-round pick (24th overall) by the Flames in the 2007 NHL draft.
Backlund has 215 goals and 348 assists across his 17-year career.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 17, 2025.