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Originally Posted by JTech780
Backlund was still the best center as far as possession numbers go by a wide margin. Kadri and Frost were given the sweet zone starts, starting in the offensive zone 61.4% and 57.5% of the time. Backlund on the other hand started in the offensive zone only 38.2%, but still spent more time in the offensive zone than in the defensive zone. He is also still one of the best skaters on the team.
I do think that they have to start lowering his ice time, but he is still so reliable that as a coach it's hard to not keep throwing him out there.
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Yeah Huska will continue to put out the most reliable center defensively who is Backlund unfortunately still at this age because he’s trying to win as many games as possible and get another contract. Unless ownership forces his hand and change’s their direction and allows Conroy to trade to get younger and move one of Kadri or Backlund, we aren’t going to see Zary at center unfortunately much this year. Just don’t see it happening.