You don’t need to play PK to be an elite defensive player. Even the example YOU provided with Backlund proves this. He was the fifth PK forward so he only got time on extended PKs or if Jankowski, Ryan, Hathaway, and Lindholm were in the box
He probably doesn’t PK because less important players can do it and you want to save him for power play and very tough 5v5 matchups
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