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Originally Posted by Gord Wappel
In his book, Fleury laughed at all these type of draft picks by Flames. Players that had never actually produced.
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I am certainly not a fan of Backlund and don't think he has produced at a top 6 level but if Fleury is laughing at this pick then he is a bigger idiot than I thought.
Backlund is 19th in scoring for his draft year (picked 24th) with no guys behind him with a strong likelihood of passing him.
Looking at the guys drafted after him and that you could reasonably say were in the mix at that spot you could say maybe the Flames should have taken Perron but that is about it and he isn't exactly a great player himself.
Backlund wasn't a bad pick he is doing fine for a 24th overall pick.