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Originally Posted by Groot
With Backlund in the twilight of his career, would there be a chance to move him to Zary's wing, giving Zary an on-ice mentor. Backlund can work with him based on what he's seeing shift to shift, and he's there to pick up the slack for any miscues while Zary gets up to speed at the C position over a season. Just a thought but we have to transition away from Backlund eventually, allowing him to a mentor a young C on the way isn't the worst thing.
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I'd be in favour, but the last time they tried Backlund on the wing, he stunk. It's a difficult problem.