He must retire as a flame. He must never play for another team. I'm not joking, even a little. Backlund is the only player I have ever felt full allegiance to in the regard. Not Iggy. Not Regehr. Not anyone eldse. Only Backlund.
He is not the best player on the Calgary Flames. He is not the worst player on the Calgary Flames. He is not even my favorite player on the Calgary Flames. But, he oozes what this team is about,
He seems to love being here. He is a quality person. You simply do what you can to always keep players like this. The team up north would have traded a player like this long ago. The flames management is too smart to do something like that. They know what they have.
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