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Originally Posted by dissentowner

Yet he was not a stud on his national teams. If Backlund had come up on the same type of team Providence is his numbers would have suffered too. I am excited about Janks, at worse I think he anchors our 3rd line C position for years to come.

Pretty studly to me.

Backlund played for Sweden in the 2006 World U18 Championships, scoring one goal in three games. In 2007 he led Sweden to a U18 bronze medal when he scored a natural hat-trick in an 8–3 win over Canada in the bronze medal game. He led the tournament in goal-scoring with six goals in six games.[16]
Backlund was a member of the Swedish team that won back-to-back silvers in the 2008 and 2009 World Junior Championships, losing to Canada in both instances. He scored the game-winning goal in overtime in the 2008 semi-final against Russia. The next year, he recorded a two-goal game in the semi-final against Slovakia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikael_Backlund