[Lanny'sDaMan]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

You're right. It isn't.

Which is why it is all the more bewildering (and sadly hilarious) that you REFUSE to acknowledge what is overwhelmingly clear. Backlund has been an NHL regular for two seasons now, has increased his pts/game totals in each of those, and has only been held out of the lineup in that time because of injury. Over the course of the calendar year, he has dramatically improved his board play and his strength on the puck, and has emerged as the team's undisputed best forward in the defensive zone. It is preposterous to continue to believe that a player with his skill, his commitment to improvement, and his zeal is somehow destined to substantially regress to the point of being scratched and released from his NHL team.

You're opinion is not rational. You clearly are latched on to a now antiquated idea about what sort of player Backlund is, even though he has unequivocally surpassed it.