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Backstrom's First Pitch
In case you're wondering what it looked like, here's a still of Nicklas Backstrom firing up the ol' jelly rifle before yesterday's Nats/O's game (he was sporting the #19 sweater).Curiously, Nick throw...
It's Officially Official
Slick Nick has signed.
If There's A Parade To Be Had, Rest Assured That Dave Fay Will Rain On It
Dave Fay - who had famously claimed that Nicklas Backstrom would not be coming to North America for the 2007-08 season - can't let a positive moment slip by without getting in a shot or two.In his lat...
Pierre McGuire On Backstrom And The Caps
NBC's Pierre McGuire was on the John Thompson Show the other day (Thompson, however, was not), and the interview is well worth checking out (here - direct link to the audio), especially to hear McGuir...
Hey, Is That Kris Beech Figure Skating In The Background?
I promise I'm not linking to this online video coverage of the Nicklas Backstrom presser because I have a bit of a crush on Lindsay Czarniak.By the way, if you're paying attention you can see McErlain...
Great Moments In Hockey Journalism
The Wild have offered their free agent-to-be Finnish goaltender Niklas Backstrom a new contract, and CNN/SI has attached a picture of Caps Swedish center Nicklas Backstrom to the story.It's not the fi...
Caps' Scandinavian Signing Frenzy Continues
First came Nicklas Backstrom, then Sami Lepisto and now Josef Boumedienne. According to Finnish paper Kaleva, the Caps have signed Swedish blueliner Boumedienne to a deal, the terms of which, I'm gues...
Backstrom Profile At NHL.com
Shawn P. Roarke profiles Nicklas Backstrom over on NHL.com (and in case you're wondering, yes, Roarke makes the obligatory Peter Forsberg reference).
Backstrom To Skate On The Wing?
The CP asks, "Are the Washington Capitals this year's sleeper team in the NHL's Eastern Conference?"Olie Kolzig answers in the affirmative, and he says all the right things throughout the article, but...
Capitals Top 20 Prospects
Hockey's Future has updated it's list of the Caps' Top 20 Prospects, complete with a few paragraphs on each player. Not surprisingly, Nicklas Backstrom tops the list, though he's in a dead heat with A...
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