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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Looking at Backlund...
First 23 games, 3G, 8A, 11P, .478 PPG pace
Last 36 games, 14G, 13A, 27P, .750 PPG pace
The guy has been fantastic. And a lot of people were writing him off early in the season.
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It's funny, I remember watching him in junior with Kelowna and marveled at his skill and was very pleased when the Flames drafted him. Obviously, he hasn't put up the offensive numbers that I thought he might (part of that is due to some injury issues in my opinion), but he's turned into a very good NHLer who plays a great 200 foot game. That was a wicked wrister last night.