Backstrom’s Unexpected Comeback: What Sparks His Return to Swedish Hockey?
After having arthroscopic surgery on the hip in 2015, it began to bother him again late in the 2020-21 season. Hoping to avoid a second procedure, he missed the first 28 games in 2021-22 while rehabbing and returned to get 31 points (six goals, 25 assists) in 47 regular-season games and six points (two goals, four assists) in six Stanley Cup Playoff games.
“I need repetition, that’s how I see it,” Backstrom said. “I’ve been on the ice all summer. It will be a lot of new things. It’s a bigger rink and a different game, but I’ll do everything I can to get into it as quickly as possible and I hope the qualities I have as a hockey player still remain.”
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