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Old 01-25-2016, 11:54 AM   #489
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV View Post
That's the interesting thing. There are a lot of GMs with limited viewings out east that think of him as a budding #1 center who had 30/30 last year, and a lot of teams at the bottom of the standings looking for a #1 center. Columbus for instance, they're basically in Matthews-or-bust mode after trading RyJo for Seth Jones. Who knows, we could even pry out a Rychel in the process.

Everything would have to go right (er... 'wrong') for us to get 1st OA so it's just a hypothetical, though.



Backlund is a 2nd line center in the NHL. He's not a 1B but he's definitely a 2. He's the best center on this team and that's really the problem.
I think if cbj is really desperate for a centre and picking #2/3 it might work but than ur going into next year with a rookie and Sam Bennett who hasnt played centre much as your top 2 centres. Also in regards to backlund i dont see him as a very good 2nd line centre, maybe if he has a good winger. Hes more like a 2b/3a
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