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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
I don't think it's unreasonable to point out that Colborne has been poor in some games but has yet to be benched. I watched him on the ice in the Minnesota game shift after shift and he was very disappointing. It doesn't need to be a distaste for some players and/or blatant favoritism, but I think it fair to say that the repercussions are different for different rookies / bubble players.
All of this with the obvious caveat that I'm not a coach and don't know what they're looking for.
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This goes right along with what I was saying. There are different expectations of each player, but it's not personal, it's just hockey. Backlund should have much higher expectations to meet than Colborne, so if the two are playing similar then really, Backlund should see some repercussions of that.
Colborne is a third liner, even management said so, so why should it be acceptable for Backlund and Baertschi to play at the same level as Colborne? They need to be a step or two above at least.