Even though they are Eklund Rumours, One could easily piece together a deal involving Gardiner for Backlund. There would be extra parts in the deal but it makes sense. With Bolland out and a couple AHL'ers in their Line up, Toronto could certainly use Backlund.
Outside of that, I haven't followed all the teams closely so I'm not too sure who needs a #2-3 center. Detroit just called up Nyquist so I don't really see them knocking on Calgary's door. Since they have probably the deepest center depth I know of.
Jankrok, Helm, Emmerton, Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Nyquist. There's a couple more I am missing but yeah, Detroit doesn't need Backlund any time soon.
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