Niklas Backstrom returning to Finland on 1-year deal

Call it un-Finnished business.

Niklas Backstrom signed a one-year contract with HIFK Helsinki on Friday.

The veteran goaltender played four games for the Calgary Flames this season after being traded from the Minnesota Wild on deadline day.

He was the odd man out in Minnesota due to injury as well as the emergence of both Devan Dubnyk and Darcy Kuemper.

Backstrom left as the franchise's all-time leader in wins, shutouts, and games played at the goalie position.

The 38-year-old spent the first 10 years of his hockey career in his native Finland, playing parts of four campaigns with HIFK.