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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
No, Colborne wasn't all that good his first few games. Which is why he spent time in the press box, spent time on the fourth line, and had a game with as little as 3:58 of ice time. He responded, and that is why he is playing 15-20 minutes now.
Mikael Backlund is capable of doing the same. But he is not going to have it handed to him. He is losing ice time because he is getting outplayed. It is that simple. And there really isn't any reason for it - we know how Backlund can play. He's simply got to get his effort up, and make a few smarter plays. He did it last year, he can do it this.
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The sub 4 minutes game was his third, and after that he was nothing too, but his minutes started going up up up up. He's been poor until the game after he scored his goal, but was continuously rewarded with more ice time.