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Originally Posted by moon
Based on what exactly?
Backlund hasn't exactly been an untouchable around here lately and any team that values him so much could easily have moved in and made an offer.
Hard to imagine a lot of these progressive teams looking to add a guy struggling to get top line minutes for one of the worst teams in the league and the team with likely the worst C depth in the NHL.
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You said that Backlund's upside is 50 points on a bad team?
So why was he on a 41 point pace last season as a 23 year old given limited powerplay time, the toughest zone starts on the team, all while playing solid defensively?
Backlund may not be likely that he becomes a true number 2 centreman, but he's certainly better than where he's playing at and could be a very good 3rd liner as well.