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Originally Posted by InternationalVillager
So Backlund should be playing 2C for the Flames?
Because if that's your opinion, then I've just about lost faith in this fan base as well. Because then what's your problem with this team? Should be making the playoffs regularly/competing well in them.
Some posters on this board confuse me. They're down to fire Treliving and say that their opinions on players are so much different than Management yet say stuff like Backlund is an above average 2nd line C. John Tavares is an above average 2nd line C. Evgeni Malkin is an above average 2nd line C. I could go on and on. Backlund is not like those guys.
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Those guys are 1Cs playing on a team with a better 1C.
ETA: Purely on points, which isn't even Backlund's main asset, he's in the 34th place among centres last year. Given there were 31 teams, he'd be a high ranking 2C. Not to mention, among those 33 Cs ahead of him, many don't play C all the time (Draisaitl, Hertl, Strome, Trocheck. Now TBF, he beat some guys due to injury (Malkin, Eichel) but not that many actually.