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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
The also little discussed fact about face offs is that strong wingers are needed to win faceoffs that aren't clean wins. Unless it's a clean win you need wingers to dig in and get the puck for the win. That's not on Backlund either
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You're right, that is a huge factor. I think we would see his faceoff % go up by 2-5% if he played with bigger, stronger and more tenacious wingers with more regularity, but those guys are in short supply. Frolik and Bennett are good players but the aren't really that type of player, though Bennett may develop into one.
Lucic, Backes, Ladd or Okposo on this team would go a long, long way for the Flames. I'm not greedy, I just want one of them lol