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Originally Posted by Vansmack
Backlund is so much better at skating with the puck than Monahan. It is a critical skill that the flames have lacked in over the years. Gaudreau is the only player that is clearly better than backlund at this aspect, lindholm is very close but doesn't seem to get the same opportunity as backlund as Gaudreau takes up a lot of his potential touches.
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Backlund can carry the puck, has speed and defensive accumen, but him delivering or distributing the puck has always been an exercise in chaos. Whenever anything resembling 'passing' is anywhere near Backlund, the arms flail around like dual windmills, and I don't think that even he knows how it's going to turn out. If it wasn't for this one deficiency, he would have been our #1C for the last decade.