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Originally Posted by Superfraggle
"Backlund may not be producing but he’s a far shot from the team’s best 5th best defenseman."
huh?
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Pretty sure he meant centreman.
I'd agree on all observations, especially:
-Colborne shows promise & played with a lot of fire, but did he deserve 24 minutes?
-Backlund has played hard every minute I've seen of him this season. Did he really deserve zero minutes? The Baertschi & Backlund scratches are bad precedents to set, in my opinion. They may not be tearing up the league but they play with a lot of heart & skill.
-With S.O.B. & McGrattan in the lineup I think Jackman is unnecessary, especially if he was only going to play 3 minutes.
I would add that pulling the goalie while on the power play, but before we'd established the offensive zone, was a careless mistake by Hartley. Hudler was awfully soft on that play.
As good as the team has played we're just way too soft in front of our goalie. Ramo killed our momentum with that weak goal, but the 1st & 3rd goals were on 2nd or 3rd rebounds in the crease, with Leafs players standing wherever they wanted. Man do I miss Robin Regehr from circa 10 years ago...