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Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
Stupid wingers for Backlund. I don't understand this decision at all. Backlund has been one of the best players for the Flames all season and has certainly been our best defensive forward by a mile.
Reward his play by putting him on the 4th line with McGrattan and Bouma.
Totally ridiculous.
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Why do people put so much into the lineups pre game. McG and Bouma are probably going to get 5 mins, Bouma maybe more tonight. Backlund will probably be up around 12 or more. Backlund will play when he's needed. He'll be on the pp, the pk. 5 on 5 depending on the situation he might be out with any number of wingers.
It's no different then having Butler on the 1st d pairing. He's not playing as many minutes as Wideman.
Things change. He's on the 4th line cause if you write your entire lineup on 1 line it'll confuse people, and they'll have no way to pre judge.
Serious questions, but do people actually think that the lineups before the game can't be changed? That the people say on line 1, aren't allowed to play with players on say, line 3 or 4? If your on line 4 does it mean that you aren't allowed to play more then 8 mins?