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Originally Posted by ThePrince
Backlund's career arch on Calgarypuck:
Age 18 - 24 - "Man, this guy is a bust, I can't believe we used a first rounder on him!"
Age 25 - 28 - "Holy, he's actually turned into a good player, we should trade him while he has value!"
Age 29 - 34 - "I can't believe we signed a good player to a contract, he's probably going to suck by the end of it!"
This board hates everyone who isn't a first line elite player. Even Monahan.
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We all love our playoff heroes!!
Iginla, Regehr, Leopold, Conroy, Kipper, Simon, Gelinas..
Kinda of a gap between playoff heroes.
Backlund drafted 11 years ago and not a reasonable amount of team success.