{"id":19695,"date":"2025-07-29T05:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/backstrom-returns-to-hockey-capitals-legend-signs-with-brynas-if\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T05:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:26:07","slug":"backstrom-returns-to-hockey-capitals-legend-signs-with-brynas-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nhl\/backstrom-returns-to-hockey-capitals-legend-signs-with-brynas-if\/","title":{"rendered":"Backstrom Returns to Hockey: Capitals Legend Signs with Brynas IF"},"content":{"rendered":"The veteran ice hockey player, Nicklas Backstrom, resumes his professional career in his home country, Sweden. After missing last season in the NHL due to a persistent hip injury, Backstrom joins the Swedish team Brynas IF.\n\nThe announcement was made on Monday, confirming Backstrom&#8217;s signing for next season. The 37-year-old center&#8217;s contract with the Washington Capitals ended this summer.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I have always felt that I would like to represent Brynas again someday if the opportunity arose. After undergoing rehabilitation and being away from the game for almost two seasons, I feel very motivated and full of energy to contribute to the club&#8217;s future successes.<\/p><cite>Nicklas Backstrom<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nBackstrom underwent hip replacement surgery in June 2022, hoping to fix a chronic problem. By September 2023, during training camp, he assured he felt &#8220;much better.&#8221; His last official match was on October 29, 2023, and on November 1, he announced a leave due to an &#8220;ongoing injury situation,&#8221; according to the team.\n\nBefore his absence, Backstrom played in more than 1,200 games with the Capitals, accumulating more than 1,100 points. He was a key piece in the 2018 Stanley Cup victory.\n\nThe Capitals issued a statement thanking Backstrom and wishing him the best for the future, highlighting his daily dedication to the team.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The veteran ice hockey player, Nicklas Backstrom, resumes his professional career in his home country, Sweden. After missing last season in the NHL due to a persistent hip injury, Backstrom joins the Swedish team Brynas IF. The announcement was made on Monday, confirming Backstrom&#8217;s signing for next season. The 37-year-old center&#8217;s contract with the Washington [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[6458,6459,454,6460],"class_list":{"0":"post-19695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nhl","7":"tag-brynas-if","8":"tag-hip-injury","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-nicklas-backstrom"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}