Wasn't there something out there recently which talked about how Backlund was pretty discouraged in his early days about the way things were going for him. He was pretty much ready to come home, but his Dad would settle him down and tell him to listen to his coaches, and stick with it? Eventually he did, and it started to work out.
Early on he did show flashes, but he seemed to have awful injury luck, and the consistency took awhile to develop. He is a guy who back in 2012, very much could have been a Curtis Lazar type had the Flames not been patient. It does seem like if he can stay healthy for most of the season that he can get on a roll and play really well.
Glad the Flames stuck with him and that there was no expansion draft in 2012.
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