Eastside's Hockey Elite Collide

To COL:

Nicklas Bäckström (77)

To SJ:

Isac Lundeström (71)

Clearing out a disappointing UFA signing for cap room and a farmhand. I think I can handle the loss of one technically-not-an-umlaut.

Avs accept. The end of pre-season is a bad time to realize only one of your best seven offensive forwards can play LW. Backstrom fills the need cheaply and this may open up the 4C job for 99 FA Rasmus Kulmala.