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Originally Posted by David Struch
Yup, throughout his entire career Backlund has never had the opportunity to play with the Flames best wingers, Iginla, Bourque, Tanguay, Cammalleri, Hudler, Gaudreau...
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I don't recall the line combos from the Iggy era, but I thought Backlund was being groomed to be that top-line centre that the franchise desparately needed.
Unfortunately, Backlund didn't have the strong scoring numbers in general with Iginla or otherwise so the search for a #1C continued.