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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Backlund and Brodie both certainly qualify, and I think that Baertschi can already be considered to be on track to be at minimum a "good" NHL player. Horak was not drafted by the Flames, but he is a product of their development, and he is also a good player.
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Backlund is a 24 year old soft center who tops out as a 16 goal 40 point guy. That's not good enough to be in the top two lines, and not gritty or defensive enough to be in the bottom two.
Lets not pretend he's got much upside yet to be seen.