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Originally Posted by sureLoss
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Backs is a good example of a guy you need to wait and see what you have
when Burke came to Calgary, thought Backlund was an expendable guy
beef with him last year was they would get 20 good games then 5 or 6 bad games then the coach would have to yell at him to get him back on the rails
thought he was streaky and inconsistent - gotten rid of that
now he is playing good defensively as he did the last few years and driving a special line
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That's scary talent evaluation...Backlund has been an excellent two-way centre since the moment he stepped into the Flames lineup full-time, before Burke even arrived. Thankfully Burke didn't jettison Backlund back then, or during the gross misuse of Backlund during Hartley's coaching tenure. It's no surprise Backlund has excelled under proper usage.
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