Tarik spoke with Bengt Gustafsson, former Washington Capital and current Swedish National Coach, who had this to say bout Nicklas Bäckström, the fourth overall pick in the draft last year.

"He is an intelligent player with great, great hands. He finds those passes and those holes in small, small [places] the way like [Wayne] Gretzky did."

Bäckström was a member of Sweden's World Junior Championship team last year coached by Gustafsson.