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Originally Posted by browna
No idea why Backlund gets a pass and so much ice time. 20 minutes tonight.
He made a terrible pass across the ice to the bench to Hamonic who was trying to get off. It forced Hamonic back in his own zone. Flames were then scrambling and tired, and the next outlet pass was icing. Backlund lost the subsequent draw. And then lost his man who scored the second goal.
Missed a wide open net in the second. Wide open.
Took a terrible lazy tripping call in the offensive zone. Ducks score on the PP with the GWG.
Coasts back late in the third, so close to Fowler he can smell his breath but didn’t hit him or try to check him and Fowler gets a pass through to a Duck for a breakaway.
Somehow Backlund gets rewarded by stepping on the ice with JG hurt.
He hears foot steps and before worried about getting hit gives the puck away in the Ducks zone to no one. The worst forward on the ice at a -2.
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I agree, he was pretty putrid tonight but most nights he is bang on so I will give him a pass. On the other hand what exactly does Derek Ryan bring to this team and why in the hell is he still getting PP time? Does this guy have some kind of blackmail on BP?