Career
Bäckman was drafted 145th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2011 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Swedish Hockey League
During the 2008-2009 season, Bäckman debuted in Sweden’s SuperElit junior league with the Linköpings" J20 club, appearing in a pair of games without registering a point. During the 2009-2010 season, Bäckman spent the majority of the season with Linköpings J20, recording four goals and assists in 33 games in the regular season before adding one goal in six games in the playoffs.
Bäckman also played in 5 contests with the big club in the Elitserien without registering a point.
During the 2010-2011 season, Bäckman appeared in six Elitserien games with Linköpings and two games on loan to First Division team Mjolby. Bäckman scored one goal and two assists for Mjolby.
Bäckman recorded two goals and 18 assists in 27 games with Linkopings U20 team and added 2 assists in three playoff games. During the 2011-2012 season, Bäckman skated in 42 games for Linköpings as a 19-year-old in his first professional season in Sweden"s Elitserien.
Bäckman recorded one goal and seven assists.
Backman skated with Linkopings U20 team in six regular season games and was plus-two with one goal and one assistant Bäckman was with the U20 team during the run to the SuperElit finals after Linkopings" tenth-place men"s team did not make the playoffs and was the team"s second-leading scorer with two goals and six assists in six games. During the 2012-2013 season, Bäckman appeared in 52 games in his second season with Linköpings, where he recorded two goals and 24 assists.
Backman recorded two goals and assists in 10 playoff games.
Bäckman played five games for Sweden in the European Trophy tournament with no points nor penalty minutes. During the 2013-2014 season, Bäckman appeared in a career-high 54 games, where he recorded six goals and 15 assists during his third and final Studies in English Literature season.
During the playoffs, Bäckman helped Linköpings reach the semifinals, recording seven assists in 13 games. Professional
On May 21, 2013, Bäckman signed a three year entry-level contract with the Detroit Red Wings.
After Linköpings were eliminated from the playoffs, Bäckman was assigned to the Grand Rapids Griffins, and made his American Hockey League (AHL) debut on April 18, 2014, in a game against the Lake Erie Monsters.
Bäckman began the 2014-2015 season with the Griffins. In 18 games he recorded four assists. On December 26, 2014, the Griffins reassigned Bäckman to Linköpings The Human Context. On March 1, 2015, the Detroit Red Wings traded Bäckman and Mattias Janmark-Nylén to the Dallas Stars in exchange for Erik Cole.
Bäckman represented Sweden at the 2010 World Junior A Challenge.
Bäckman recorded one assist and four penalty minutes for fifth-place Sweden at the WJAC. In six games at the WJC, Bäckman recorded three assists.
