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Originally Posted by Bingo
I thought Backlund was great last night.
Awesome on face offs as you said, but a beast killing penalties and five on five.
Only forward with a higher xGF% last night was Dube, ... Backlund was a true shut down guy in a very important game.
Only issue I had with him was the two penalties. Get your elbow down!
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Well he was responsible for letting a guy go right down broadway (Heiskinen maybe?) after marking him at the blueline then just stopping, and i did not like his game away from the puck at times....perimeter stuff. Then you add in those penalties....and it was a very average game in my eyes.
He can be better and has been in the past.
One other thing...what i would not give to know exactly what it was Looch said to Benn...because Benn did not say a word back and could not get away from him fast enough.