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Originally Posted by Bingo
I've never lobbied for pp time for Backlund, I don't think he's suited.
And I don't think I'm fighting the fight to keep him at 14 minutes. Just pointing out that at the moment he's their only real option against elite talent and that takes up a lot of the pie.
To be honest I don't see five on five shut down and killing penalties as a venn diagram. Very different strategically.
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Backlund's powerplay time probably has more to do with the Flames' lack of centre depth more than his skillset.
With Kadri and Frost lining up on the same power play line a lot of the time, who else were they going to go with as the PP2 centre last year? Maybe Zary or a winger can bump Frost down into PP2 and Backlund out, but the team needs a centre who can win some faceoffs on both powerplay units and Backlund will continue to get PP time until they figure that out.