I'm not opposed, by any stretch, to trading Backlund. I just found the application of the word "soft" to be strange. I don't see him as a soft player at all. I assume you largely equate softness to physicality?
Which I don't. I look at a guy like Nik Lindstrom and wouldn't describe him as soft. (not comparing Backlund to Lindstrom - but Lindstrom to be is the modern day example of a "hard player" who doesn't rely on penalties and physicality to accomplish that)
|