Assuming he stays healthy, Mikael Backlund will soon claim a franchise record that many Calgary Flames fans never thought they’d see get broken. Article content

The Flames announced Wednesday that they’d re-signed Backlund to a two-year contract extension that will kick in next year and keep their Swedish captain in Calgary until the end of the 2027-28 season. That sets up Backlund to pass Jarome Iginla’s franchise record of 1,219 games played for the club sometime around March 2027. Article content Article content

Fortunately, Iginla’s got a few other Flames records to his name and as a special adviser to the general manager for the team, the move to re-sign Backlund comes with his full support.

“(Iginla) said ‘we can sit him, right? So he can only get to 152 games?’ “ said Fla

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