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Originally Posted by nik-
It took him a long time to give Backlund the minutes he clearly deserved from the start. Baertschi wasn't stellar, but he was ok, and definitely wasn't 4-5 minutes a night bad. Horak rode pine for the last part of the game last night.
Basically when we're anywhere near a close game he doesn't seem to trust the kids, and their play hasn't really given him a reason to take this stance.
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Given the sample size for all those players - that really doesn't prove much. Backlund certainly got a prominent role as soon as he started playing well.
Again - when Brodie showed he was ready - he got the minutes.