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Originally Posted by Grimbl420
I don't see where Backlund slots into our roster in the next 2-3 years. I can see him being shopped at the deadline.
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Everyone here has watched the Western Final and Stanley Cup Finals the past 3 years. Look at those teams, that's what it's going to take (or pretty damn close) to get past the
first round in the West Conf. from now on. It's not a whole lot different from our '89 cup team where we needed 4 centres?
He has to grow in one way or the other to stay on this team, either a shutdown faceoff guy or a point producer. The '04 run was ten years ago...the new motto for all has to be, your part of the solution or part of the problem, no more middle ground.