The Calgary Flames have had players celebrating a bunch of milestones over the 2018-19 season. But Friday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks features players commemorating a trio of milestones.
Mikael Backlund’s 600th NHL game
It’s been a long road for Backlund. The Flames’ first round pick in 2007 – selected with a pick the St. Louis Blues got from the Atlanta Thrashers in the Keith Tkachuk trade – spent time in Sweden, the Western Hockey League and the American Hockey League before becoming a bonafide NHL regular in the 2010-11 season.
Backlund debuted in a unique circumstance, playing on an emergency recall on Jan.