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Originally Posted by Tomas
Not for us from Sweden... But it will be fun to watch Backlund and I think his season will benefit from this!
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Zetterberg isn't the same player he used to be. I was never really high on the guy as he always seemed like the complimentary player on Detroit.
Last year he had 3 more points and 12 fewer goals than Backlund. He was a -15 versus Backlund's +10 with Zetterberg playing on a playoff team.
At worst I see this as a lateral movement for Sweden, not a step down.
Also, Backlund did play 82 games last season so hopefully he can shake the injury prone label. He seemed to just have freak injuries with his hands.