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Originally Posted by SeanCharles
They will not expose him in expansion. Trading Bennett all but ensures that, if there was ever any doubt which to me there wasn’t.
Having said that, talking about Backlund like he is our most important forward is crazy.
Life will go on without Backlund. I love the player but some people talk like he is the key to this teams success.
If that is the case then we are in major trouble.
He is a 32 yo 3rd line C.
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Third-line centres do not routinely produce at a 50-point pace every season. Since 2017 Backlund is the #51 highest scoring centre in the NHL, and that is all with some of the toughest defensive assignments each and every game.
Mikael Backlund is a NHL top-six centre, and he has been for a pretty long time.