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Originally Posted by moon
There hasn't been one point in his career, not in Sweden, not in the WHL, not in the AHL and certainly not in the NHL that Backlund has looked close to developing into a top 6 player let alone a stud.
Not sure why people are so concerned about potentially losing (even though there is zero indication he is going anywhere) a guy that has shown not much at all offensively in terms of what a top 6 guy should show.
Maybe Backlund does leave and maybe he takes a crazy leap in play but it seems pretty pointless to worry about that and act as though him turning into something he has never shown the ability or potential to be.
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If Backlund was scouted so heavily, it makes me wonder what a plethora of teams didn't see in Jamie Benn.
For the record, I don't care if they trade Backlund. Sean Monahan has played a grand total of 13 games for the Flames, and he's already better.