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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
Never quite understood the lack of respect for backlund?
While he is never going to be the scorer we hoped for, he is a solid defensive player. Hrudy was mentioning on the broadcast the other night how either the NYR or NYI scouts or coaches raved about how good backlund was...
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Exactly, he's a solid defensive center that could easily be replaced by the likes of Arnold for a much cheaper price. Our bottom six shouldn't be tied up by players who make 2+ million and instead there are better options from our farm. That being said, I doubt a return for Backlund would be good.