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Originally Posted by cofias
Pretty funny browsing this thread and still seeing people talking about Backlund as if he's a 3C, just because that's how he is listed in the Flames' lineup previews. Backlund is a 1C in my book and one of the league's better ones at that. He may lack the elite shot and offensive creativity that most associate with top-flight Cs, but similar to a guy like Patrice Bergeron, he murders every single matchup even with tons of defensive zone starts. That's just invaluable. This team would be a hell of a lot worse without him.
As an added bonus we are now also seeing that he can produce points when given strong wingers and some PP time.
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You're all over the place in this post. No he's not a third line centre, but then you go too far the other way and proclaim him a first line centre AND one of the best in the league, while then going on to describe the skills he lacks that make the other top first line centres actual top first line centres.