[Caged Great]

I haven't watched Backlund practice, which is more or less the scenario I am basing my evaluations on for these players. I have only watched him in game situations, which is where I based my low 2.5/2.75 rating on. I can recall only a couple of times that I remember him shooting the puck with any real authority out of all the times I've watched him in person. I actually remember the goal in the gif that AC posted and was shocked that it was him that did that.

I was unaware that he had as hard of a slapshot as that, because he never uses it in game action. If he did, he might become better than a 2nd/3rd line guy offensively.