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Flames GM Darryl Sutter just confirmed to the FAN960 that former 1st round pick Mikael Backlund will join the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL. Sutter said that Backlund will spend a couple of days in Calgary watch the Flames play and meet with the GM before joining the team holding his CHL rights. Backlund was a star for Team Sweden at the World Junior Championships in Ottawa, and was playing division 2 pro hockey in Sweden prior to the tournament!

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