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Originally Posted by transplant99
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.
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Weird game from Backlund for sure as when he wasn't being great he was being terrible. IMO there's simply no excuse to have your elbow up high like that in a game of this magnitude where you are trying to hold onto a lead and bleed the clock. Bennett and Hamilton drew the ire of Flames fans due to poorly timed penalties but the reality is that Michael Backlund has been guilty of this his entire career and it's really hard to win in the playoffs when players are being selfish like this. I imagine Darryl will have words for him as be brought up the penalties in his post game presser.