Big fan of Backlund, deceptively flat out fast. Followed his career literally from day one as my parents live in Kelowna and I saw him play as a Rocket!
Agree lots of goofy injuries early on and then I recall a game against Detroit about 7-8 years ago 2 goals an assist and you saw ffor the first time an early edition of what he'd settle into. I don't care what "line" he's on. Mathews and Marner had goal scoring streaks...snapped by Backlund who was on Mathews like a blanket. Mathews got pissed at him!
Laine came in on a goal scoring streak. he came out with an assist because Backlund was all over him.
.5 pts per game pretty much like clock work and he's shown flashes of producing even more in the past couple of years.
I hope they keep him. The day will come when he needs to move on but that's 3-4 years away for sure.
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