I have a bit of a love/hate thing with Backlund.
During the lockout Backs tweeted something about how the owners were being unfair in their negotiations, I can't remember exactly what it was. Backs had 11 points for the flames during the 2011-2012 season, and I believe his salary was a little over a million dollars. I threw him back a tweet reminding him that he made around $100,000 for every point he scored in the previous season, and asked him if he thought that was fair. In hindsight my reply was probably a little hard on the guy, but I was deprived of flames hockey, so I was pissed. Backs retaliated by blocking me on twitter.
On one hand, I loved his 2013/2014 season, and want to see him as a key piece of the flames for many seasons to come. I'm sure he's a nice guy too.
On the other hand, he blocked me on twitter. I don’t think Backlund and I can be friends.
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