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Originally Posted by Caged Great
Evidence being that the Flames were crap this season and he was being used mostly on the 2nd line.
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This is such an irritating concept that people continue to suggest.
Our 2nd line was by far our best line this season.
It was an effective second line in the NHL regardless of whether or not Backlund is a fancy name who puts up big individual point totals.
Our team sucked despite that one line, not because of it.
Your logic is equal to the following:
The Coyotes suck, therefore Oliver Ekman Larsson is not a #1 Defenseman.
The Canadiens suck, therefore PK Subban is not a #1 Defenseman.
The Senators suck, therefore Erik Karlsson is not a #1 Defenseman.
The Oilers suck, therefore Connor McDavid is not an elite talent.
The Canucks suck, therefore Edler-Tanev is a crappy defense pairing that couldn't stop Matt Stajan and Brandon Bollig.
The Blue Jackets suck, therefore Bobrovsky/Korpisalo is a terrible goaltending situation.
The Jets suck, therefore Ehlers-Scheifele-Wheeler is a terrible 1st line.
The St. Louis Blues scored less goals than the Calgary Flames, therefore the St. Louis Blues are not very good.
You're one of my favorite posters but sorry, that form of logic is just plain lazy.
Evidence of Backlund being a poor second line center would have to examine only his line's effectiveness as a second line, not the effectiveness of the second line plus three other lines on the team he played on. He can't do anything about the first line's inability to establish and hold the zone on the road, or the third line's inability to do anything ever, or the fourth line's inability to push the tempo and instead resorting to dump-and-change tactics.