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CALGARY - Calgary Flames head coach Bob Hartley says hes sleeping easier where Mikael Backlund is concerned. Air Max 97 Silver Bullet.When an NHL coach candidly tells reporters Im worried, which is what Hartley said earlier in training camp about Backlund, antennas go up.An abdominal injury has kept Backlund out of all of Calgarys pre-season games so far, including Thursdays game at home against the Winnipeg Jets. Its doubtful the 25-year-old Swede will play in Calgarys final exhibition game Saturday in Winnipeg.Backlund was Calgarys first-line centre for much of last season. A team that must squeeze every last goal out of its roster in 2014-15 will need all hands on deck when the Flames open the season Wednesday at home against the Vancouver Canucks.Backlund stopped skating and dryland training for a few days during camp, but has returned to the ice and the gym. Hartley was feeling more encouraged about Backlund than he was a week ago.When you have a guy in the gym or in the medical room and his injury seems to be stalled and not moving forward, you always get worried, Hartley said Thursday. Backs has the OK from the medical staff. He feels better. This morning he was flying on the ice.Now hes back in the gym, hes on the ice, so now were re-starting him. Im delighted now.Backlund arrived at Flames training camp feeling sore from off-season training in Sweden. The six-foot, 198-pound forward became uneasy about the possibility the injury required surgery.It didnt go away. It got worse, Backlund said. A week ago, we werent sure what was going to happen. I went to see the doctor and got good news and got some good treatment and thats why its been turning around and feeling a lot better.Backlund skated this week with other injured players, but is expected to participate in full practice Friday. Hartley hopes hell be ready for the season-opener.Obviously I will wait for the green light from the doctors, Hartley said. Were going to play Mikael Backlund when we feel hes 100 per cent on the medical side and hockey-wise.The good part is he knows our systems. Its not like were putting him in Game 1 or Game 2 of the season and were worried hes going to turn left when hes supposed to turn right.Calgarys first-round pick (27th overall) in 2007 started slowly last season with two goals and six assists in his first 25 games. Backlund picked up the pace to finish with 18 goals and 21 assists in 79 games.Backlund tied for third in the NHL in short-handed goals with four and averaged 18 and a half minutes ice time per game. Backlund missed the final five games of the season with a thumb injury.I want to be better than last year, obviously, so higher than 39 (points). Ill say that out loud, he said. My goal is to have a good 82, hopefully play 82 games, and be consistent all year and not have a start like I had last year.Its my goal to be a team leader the whole season.Hes in the final year of a two-year contract that pays him $1.5 million annually, according to Capgeek.com. Backlund will become a restricted free agent next summer unless the Flames sign him to an extension.When Calgarys season concluded April 13, Backlund joined Sweden for the IIHF mens world hockey championship in Minsk, Belarus, in May.He was named an assistant captain and contributed five goals and three assists in 10 games. Backlund scored one of those goals in the bronze-medal game, which Sweden won 3-0 over the Czech Republic.Backlund had played for his country at the world championships in 2010 and 2011, but was given far more responsibility on and off the ice in Minsk.Especially to get a letter on my chest for the national team, I really proud of that, Backlund said. 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