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Originally Posted by Caged Great
I like Backlund a lot, but if you can get a potential 1st line player for a 2nd/3rd line tweener, you make that trade every day of the week. Especially when the Flames are deep up the middle with Knight, Jankowski and Granlund all vying for the same #3 C spot.
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So why would you want to trade someone who is only a couple years older than those mentioned and has already solidified himself as that player?
Knight is at danger of being leapfrogged by Arnold, #4, Reinhart, Granlund, etc..
Jankowski should be in your top 6 (ie not necessarily at centre) or not on your team at all if his projection goes the way it should.
I think Backlund is our Jarret Stoll-type shutdown centerman, a peice that people often think is easily replacable but I beg to differ. Guys that can do it consistently and have offensive punch are not easy to come by.
And just because he potentially ends up on your 4th line, it does not make him a replacable 4th line player (see: Mike Richards).