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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
They are both producing virtually identical numbers so far this season....main difference being that Colborne has played 60 less total minutes than Backlund so far this season, and Colborne has only played 37 NHL games to Backlund's nearly 200.
Given their pedigrees, and experience levels, Backlund should be head and shoulders ahead of Colborne right now IMO, not neck and neck with him....add in the fact that Colborne is a big body as well, and I can see why the Flames would choose to move forward with Colborne over Backlund.
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Yep. Considering how little 2 of our centers have played in the NHL Backs should look head over heals better than them. Considering Feaster said that Stajan would be a 3rd line center on a good team, Backlund should look way better than him. He does not at best he looks on par with Colbourne/ Sean and looks worse than Stajan. The competition he is up against is not all that great. Backlund should be noticable to even a blind guy that he is the best center on the ice on most nights but in reality he is not.