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Originally Posted by Calgary Highlander
Backlund is kind of the opposite of Fleury.
By all rights, based on the impact he made on ice, 14 should be a retired jersey number for the Flames. But Theo's off-ice behaviour in the media holds him back from the honour.
With Backlund, all of his off-ice contributions to the team and community push him towards a jersey retirement IMO, even if the on-ice impact was limited to two runs to the second round in what will end up being an 18 or 19 year career.
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I like the way you put forth Backlunds case...defining of his era.