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Originally Posted by Monahammer
And we were rumored to be in on Duchene, rumored to be in on Zach Smith (don't get this one..) and Treliving said something to the effect of looking for a "RHS who can take faceoffs" in November-ish. I think he's looking to upgrade at centre.
My reply to that is well, disprove it. Janko has 1 less goal in 8 less games, and plays with decidedly worse linemates than Backlund. At most you'd be able to argue me to a wash but frankly the eye test favors Janko at this point too. Backlund lacks creativity.
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How about the fact that Backlund goes against the top lines in the league? And is there a worse linemate on this team than Troy "show em what you got" Brouwer?
Or the fact that Jankowski gets the highest offensive zone starts on the team other than Jagr and Mangiapane.
I love Jankowski and think he is an awesome young player but man some people in here are really underrating the heavy lifting Backlund does for this team.
I guarantee there isn't a team in the league that wouldn't love to add a solid two-way player like Backlund. There really aren't many guys in the league that do what he does as well as he does.