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Two Wild Players Make Puck Daddy's Top 10 Most Disappointing List

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Published July 28, 2010 at 10:10 a.m.

Wild Players Make Puck Daddy's Top 10 Most Disappointing List ... Both Niklas Backstrom and Martin Havlat have been named in Puck Daddy's Top 10 Huge NHL Disappointments Ready for Comeback Seasons ... Thoughts? Agree? Disagree? ...

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Backstrom Picks New Mask

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Published Aug. 5, 2010 at 6:44 p.m.

Backstrom Picks New Mask ... People from all over MN participated in a contest to create the best design for Niklas Backstrom's new mask ... The winning mask is a pretty sweet design if you ask me ...

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Design Backstrom's Helmet

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Published May 3, 2010 at 1:08 p.m.

Design Backstrom's Helmet ... Niklas Backstrom wants you (or your kids) to design his next helmet. The winning design will help master mask maker Todd Miska to make a final mask for Backs next season. There are prizes, as well. Follow the link for details ...

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How productive is Backstrom? Stats say not very.

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Published March 3, 2010 at 5:49 p.m.

Alright, don't shoot the messenger here. Stacey Brooks is a sports economist and blogger (Hawkonomics). He's also a co-author of the book, The Wages of Wins. He and some colleagues have studied the productivity of NHL goalies and they have produced a Wins Above Average stat that rates productivity. I believe they are relating this to how valuable each goalie could be to teams, thereby giving them an idea of how much cap space should be dedicated to them ... The results may surprise Wild

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Wild's Backstrom forced to sit out at Detroit because of lower-body injury

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Published March 12, 2010 at 1:30 a.m.

DETROIT — More bad news for a Wild team socked by injuries this season: Regular goaltender Niklas Backstrom hurt his groin during the team's morning skate and was forced to sit out Thursday night's 5-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, and leading goal scorer Guillaume Latendresse went out after he was whacked on the head with a stick ...

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For Minnesota Wild, it's Josh Harding who's hot in goal

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Published March 15, 2010 at 9:12 a.m.

Wild coach Todd Richards was talking about his team's goaltending the other day, before Niklas Backstrom got hurt, and said he planned to use both Backstrom and Josh Harding in coming games "and if one gets hot, we'll go with him." ...

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Minnesota Wild goalie Josh Harding recovers after shaky re-entry; Niklas Backstrom still questionable

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Published March 14, 2010 at 1:16 a.m.

Josh Harding did a 180 in the 24 hours between the Wild's 5-1 loss to the Red Wings in Detroit and their 3-2 win over the Sabres in Buffalo last week ...

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Backstrom nabs 1st win in 3 weeks in Wild romp

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Published Feb. 14, 2010 at 7:40 p.m.

Niklas Backstrom got his first win in three weeks, and the Minnesota Wild scored three power-play goals against Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo, sending him to the bench early in a 6-2 victory over the Canucks on Sunday ...

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Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom working his way back into form

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Published Feb. 6, 2010 at 1:11 a.m.

Niklas Backstrom, the Wild's No. 1 goaltender who has missed four games because of a sore back and later the flu, visited a doctor for treatment Thursday and was scheduled to resume lightly working out Friday afternoon, coach Todd Richards said Friday morning ...

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Wild goaltender Niklas Backstrom will start tonight against Phoenix

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Published Feb. 10, 2010 at 3:18 p.m.

After missing five games with a back injury, regular goalie Niklas Backstrom will start in goal tonight for the Wild against the Phoenix Coyotes at the Xcel Energy Center ...

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