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Mikael Backlund Hits 300 Games
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Ryan Pike
Oct 11, 2015, 18:15 EDTUpdated:
Perhaps lost in the hubbub and bally-hoo of the Calgary Flames’ big win last night in Vancouver is a pretty significant milestone for Mikael Backlund – especially compared to many of Calgary’s other first-round picks.
The 2007 first round selection of the Flames played his 300th NHL game in Saturday night’s game. Hitting the 300-game mark adds Backlund to a club of just nine former Flames first rounders to play that many games with the franchise. Dion Phaneuf (2003’s first rounder) was the last player to join the club.
The full list of the Top 20 First Rounders by games played in a Flames uniform after the jump.

Top 20 First Rounders (By Flames GP)

*-Active
Player
Draft
Flames
GP
NHL
GP
Al MacInnis
1981
803
1416
Gary Roberts
1982
585
1224
Paul Reinhart
1979
517
648
Tom Lysiak
1973
445
919
Cory Stillman
1992
393
1025
Denis Gauthier
1995
384
554
Dion Phaneuf
2003
378
753*
Derek Morris
1996
343
1107
Mikael Backlund
2007
300*
300*
Dave Shand
1976
288
421
Brad Marsh
1978
257
1086
Dan Quinn
1983
222
805
Jacques Richard
1972
215
556
Chuck Kobasew
2001
210
601
Richard Mulhern
1975
207
303
Eric Nystrom
2002
204
549
Oleg Saprykin
1999
187
325
Sean Monahan
2013
158*
158*
Harold Philipoff
1976
118
141
Chris Dingman
1994
72
385