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Originally Posted by Caged Great
With Knight coming up, that's actually a good thing. Shift Backlund to the wing as Knight is better with the faceoffs and you have 2/3rds of a shut down 3rd line that can chip in offensively from time to time. Plus if Knight gets waived on an important faceoff, you have Backlund there who isn't terrible in his own right.
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I don't think Backlund is tough enough to play the wing. He gets knocked off the puck way too easily. I keep seeing visions of Backlund continually being creamed against the boards and by the end of the game he's just a pile of red jello lying on the ice.