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Originally Posted by flamesgod
Actually, he was benched for a shift before that, then was demoted to the fourth line. Then he took the bs penalty. But he was rightly demoted, penalties or not, he was bad.
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Since Backlund avoids contact and skates around giving the puck away and generally lethargic (cringed when he was in the ice for OT and the man he was supposed to cover almost scored) he's clearly off Ward's radar, as he should've been benched long before Dube who is out there battling.