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Originally Posted by Split98
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I mean, credit to Ward for listening to his players. It's better than not listening to your players. But should it ever have gotten to a point where a guy like Backlund needed to come in and have a private discussion about his role? When he was playing center early in the season, yeah the finish wasn't there but he was still driving play. Once he was moved to RW he became one of the worst forwards on the team and we slipped to one of the worst possession teams on a nightly basis.
I'm glad that Ward is listening to his players. But I don't see that as value-added. I see it as value-not-subtracted.