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Originally Posted by bigrangy
Something I’ve noticed for a while, not sure if anyone else notices it.
Backlund seems to give a little extra any time he is up against a fellow Swede. Like yesterday, he gets a break and just powers past Rakell in a situation where usually you’d dump and change. I remember a couple years back he was all over Ekman-Larsson all game one time as well, then just lately he gives Pettersson a rougher ride than he usually does to others.
Maybe it’s just confirmation bias but I think Backlund really likes to prove to his countrymen that he can be a great player.
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Maybe that's why he hated the Canucks so much - twin Swedes.