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Originally Posted by N26
No matter what the stats say and regardless of the fact that the team visibly improved during the game it looked like a loss after 5 minutes of play.
That's a thing with this team.
You can see early in many games that there is very little chance they will win. I felt it last night and I have felt it many times this season. It wasn't bad bounces or anything like that.
It was mediocracy.
There is a big part of me that wants a mediocre loss to the Jets and a core rebuild on the fly with only Tkachuk, Lindholm, Backlund, Dubé, Giordano and Andersson truly safe from being moved.
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I agree but I don't get the reason for keeping Backlund. I think if he would agree to waive his NTC and a team gave up anything of any value, he should be traded. This team needs a rebuild and another good young C which would push Backlund to a bottom 6 spot and he makes too much to be a bottom 6 player. I get that people love him but unless he really catches fire, the team should look at moving him if possible. I don't see him as part of the problem, I just don't see him as part of the solution.