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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Why in the hell are people putting Backlund on the 1st line? He had a decent year and a decent Worlds but lets be honest here, Backlund will be one of the best two way 3rd line centres in the NHL. If our #1 centre is Backlund we are in serious doodoo.
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Not sure if serious...
Obvious answer is because he's arguably our best centre right now. If you're going to come back upset acting like it's a foregone conclusion Stajan should be listed first, it's really a lateral move. Either of them could be listed on our top line at this point and it's just semantics.
And if by "deep doodoo" you mean we are / will be one of the worst teams in the NHL... welcome to right now. That's exactly what's happening in year one of the rebuild, and next year won't be much different.
Unless we land a clear cut No. 1 Center (doubtful), what's the problem with people listing Backlund in that spot? He's very likely to receive those kind of minutes here this coming season, which will be another difficult year for us in the standings (as is expected).