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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I just want to see Sven playing with some other offensive players such as Backlund. Every time I've seen him from the camp in July to Penticton to the pre-season, he's been playing with plumbers. He should finally get his chance if he isn't cut.
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He'll get his chance. It wasn't three years ago that fans were raising the same sorts of questions and complaints about Backlund, and many were quick to conclude that it pointed toward incompetence among the Flames coaches and dev'p staff. Here we are in 2013, Backlund is 24-years-old, and one of the leaders of this team. Baertschi is still really, REALLY young, and there is still plenty of room for patience. He was the #13 pick in his draft year, and is among twelve players from that class to play in +25 games. For a kid his age, and at this point in his dev'p, there is no "finally".