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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I don't know. Backlund seems to find ways to generate offense no matter where he is playing in the lineup. He also has a knack for making his linemates better and much more effective. I suspect he will continue to get his looks despite a high number of defensive zone starts that he gets every year.
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I don't see Backlund-Dube-Ritchie generating much. Backlund not the issue there.
Now as someone else pointed out, I guess Ritchie just a placeholder. Replacing him with Pitlick is a major improvement and makes me feel alot better about that line. Now he just needs to get himself available to play.