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Originally Posted by kyuss275
Where is else would he be? Colborne has been playing well and deserves top 9. This site would crash if they put Monahan down on the 4th line. Backlund is not playing as well as Stajan. Don't see any other spot other than 4th line until he gets better.
Actually the more i look at it if he can't beat out a rookie, a guy who was traded and being converted into 3rd line center, and a vet center who Feaster called a 3rd line center this summer, for more playing time, then that's pretty bad on Backlund.
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I know its being debated in other threads but in my opinion Backlund has been mismanaged for years.
Everyone is putting the cart before the horse and expecting Backlund to out out results right away.
Then on the same coin watch Colborne do nothing in the way of offense with his increased ice time.
Backlund and Baertschi were awesome together last year despite not potting more goals and I think Backlund
has the IQ to put it together but over the past few years he only gets a few games at a time in a scoring role then sent back down to grind it out.