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Mikael Backlund is for the flames with a injury to the upper body from week to week.

The striker was injured on Wednesday in the first period of a 4: 3 shootout against the Vancouver Canucks.

“He does everything for us,” said striker Blake Coleman before the Colorado Avalanche lost 4-2 on Friday. “He plays in all situations and he is the leader of the team. I have played with him for a long time, so I have to find a chemistry with some people quickly. We will miss him out there, but it will be one of the things in which you have to fill the hole with the committee, and boys who may not have to appear in some roles that they may not have in the course of the year.”

Backlund has 24 points in 64 games this season (11 goals, 13 templates). It is an average of 1:49 of the Power Play time per game and 2:23 a.m. with a short hand per game and had not missed a game in the last four seasons.

“I use [Backlund] In situations against top players all the time, I didn't really have to go the second founding good against a Mackinnon for a given the defensive zone, “said Flames coach Ryan Huska.” It was Mikael. Apart from that, I think that the work he has done contributes to bringing some other people in relation to the leadership and what we are looking for by our players. I expect our management group to be the strongest players for us this evening in its absence, and I know that everyone else will follow. “

The flames (30-24-11) are connected to the Vancouver Canucks for the second game card into the Stanley Cup playoffs of the Western Conference. They remembered the striker Dryden Hunt from Calgary on Friday from Calgary from the American Hockey League. In 6:20 Ice Time against the avalanche, he had a shot on goal.

“We don't have much time here to climb and win a few games,” said Coleman. “It is up to the boys who are in the changing room with the next man and we will get them.” – Aaron Vickers