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Originally Posted by nik-
Stajan and Colborne. Don't #### on a guy for his offensive game and then put him with Bouma and MacGrattan to validate your opinion.
If this is the organizational outlook and not just Hartley thinking he's a good coach, then it worries me.
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Stajan and Colborn have both been better than he has though...therefore Hartley is doing what everyone seems to want him to, and playing the guy who has earned the icetime.
I like Backlund, but he very simply hasnt been very good for the last 10 days or so and it seems that he has been like this in his career. His inconsistency is only on one person...him. So now he has to do what he needs to and play the way he is asked...regardless of who is on his wing.
He has to battle through this stuff, its what happens with younger guys (and he is getting into not being a "young" guy territory) and show they can respond.