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Originally Posted by AC
He didn't accomplish much, but he's our shutdown defensive forward out against Kempe and Kopitar first in OT. Sometimes you're just trying to stop the other team's top players from scoring, and simply surviving is a good strategy.
He was fine during his first shift, then when Lindholm hops on fresh to replace Backs, Lindholm stops moving his feet for some reason and curls back into a bad spot, coughs up the puck, has one hand on his stick which he drops, then takes an obvious penalty.
Backlund was then good on the PK in OT.
Odd player to focus on IMO.
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He was not fine on his first shift... yes he won the draw, when he finally skated it in, he did nothing with the puck like always and turns it over. Then goes off for the change, Lindholm came on and the puck was already going the either way. He didn't win the draws he needed to on the PK, and flames were basically hemmed in most of the 2 mins.