One way is by shedding the final year of aging, oft-injured goalie Niklas Backstrom. Russo speculates Fletcher could attempt to trade the 37-year-old Backstrom ($3.417-million annual cap hit), who ...

Minnesota Wild fans have witnessed their fair share of undrafted goalies. From the early days of Dwayne Roloson followed by ...

“It’s not a good feeling. We’ve known for a while. That’s the tough part,” goalie Niklas Backstrom said in an article by the Associated Press. Backstrom’s statistics slipped noticeably ...

Nicklas Backstrom won the Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals, and Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Lidstrom and goalie Henrik Lundqvist won Olympic gold in 2006. Erik Karlsson also has three Norris ...