According to Swedens most prominent sport newspaper, Henrik Zetterberg is going to miss the tournament because of injury and Backlund is called in to be his replacement!
It was a bit of a surprise to me that Rakell was called in before him when Steen was ruled out, and even though this really is a setback for Team Sweden, I'm really glad that he finally got a spot!
How do you think this will affect Team Swedens chances in the tournament? How will Backlund be used? With whom will he be playing with?
Here is the article, in swedish:
http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportblade...cle23442074.ab