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I don't see this being a move the caps would make. Backstrom is not guaranteed to be out the entire year, and certainly not the next two years as well. Taking on Ekholm's contract would be a massive risk given that he's already 32 and has 3 more years. He is also a LD, of which the caps have much more organizational depth in Gustafsson, Johansen, Carlsson, Alexeyev. A move like this would only make sense if they move out Orlov, who at this point I think is a better player than Ekholm