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Originally Posted by FlamesFan68
If this was golf I'd agree with you. 5 or 6 years a player could be up in the leader boards. When an underperforming player is on a team trying to win it can hurt the entire team. Backlund remember was drafted in the days of Sutter, where bigger was better than talent. Backlund was the only thing we had resembling real talent coming up in the system then. He was given the time to develop, for this reason.
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Feaster once stated in an interview that Backlund "whizzed passed the graveyard" as injuries resulted in him avoiding waivers. He then was a fixture in trade rumors before turning it around when he hit 24-25 years old. Bennett deserves to be given a fair shake for at least another couple of seasons before he is run out of town. God forbid a 20 year old for not scoring 30 goals and 60+pts