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Originally Posted by Ashasx
It just blows my mind how much blame Backlund is getting here.
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I'm not blaming Backlund for the whole team being bad, but really, he has been bad. It's not only that though. In fact, these last 2 games in particular, he has actually been standout bad even compared to the badness of the rest of the team IMO. Because of how bad he's been, both for his standards and compared to much of the rest of the team, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world for Backs to be scratched for a game or 2 to be given a mental break, if nothing else.
I'd also like to think we can expect more from Backlund than what he's shown in previous years and not just be stuck as a guy who's mediocre offensively yet great defensively, but if he can't take his game to that next level then fine, he is what he is. Problem is, right now not only is he often not playing well offensively, but he's also been downright AWFUL defensively even compared to others that he should be better than.