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Originally Posted by dissentowner
What about packaging Backlund with Russell? I know everybody loves Backlund but lets be honest, he really is a high end 3rd line C at best and with the C depth we have I think we could make due. He is a good pk but we have other forwards that are too and if you package them both you should be able to get a good top 6 winger back. Then call up Granlund, I think he is a better offensive player than Backlund anyhow and is ready.
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Agreed. Backlund hasn't done anything offensively for a few seasons now and Granlund is more skilled and too good for the AHL. If there's a market for Backlund out there you definitely have to explore that as he's a redundant player in this organization in that he's not good enough for top 6 but a decent bottom 6 player. May as well rotate in cheaper players like Granlund to take his spot.