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Originally Posted by Macho0978
This is not all about how good Backlund is. Some of this is about who the Flames have to take over for him. Some of what you say makes sense, but even with less minutes he will not get 4th line minutes and is good enough to get 3rd line minutes on most teams.
Put yourself in Huska position. You are a rookie coach, you want to build up your resume as some day the Flames will fire you. His job is to mentor kids and help with their development, but his job is also to win games and to get the most out of his team. McDavid and Leon hop over the boards, you sending out Frost or Zary more often than Backlund. Nope
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The Flames have several forwards better than Backlund offensively.
Backlund’s defensive game is great, no question. But the team does have to focus on putting the puck in the net if they want to win games, too.