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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Tell you what, I'm not a Jets fan and never have been, so maybe I'm allowed to speak in your hallowed presence. For the record, I agree with GoJetsGo. You spent years predicting that Backlund would wash out of the NHL, and so far as I know, you've never admitted you were wrong. Even in this latest post, you're making excuses by pretending that he shouldn't have been given the chances that he got, rather than admit the plain, obvious fact of the matter.
Now repeat after me:
‘I was wrong. Mikael Backlund is not playing in the KHL.’
Until you move past denial, you will never get a handle on the reality of the situation. And you certainly won't be in a position to criticize other people for doubting the future of Flames' prospects, while you yourself doubt not only the future, but the present and the past.
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Up until this season, unexpectedly, we've basically been a KHL team.
I'd be thrilled to be wrong, but the fact is he's getting time because of his colleagues: one is 19, one is in his first NHL season and the other (who was ahead of him prior) is losing his game.
Look at Sven (not a fan of), he couldn't crack the roster and a player taken in later rounds the same year pushed him down the depth chart in his first year?!?!
Tell me some haven't had a lot easier ride?