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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Substandard was likely a bad choice of word for me to use. Backlund is obviously not a substandard hockey player.
But as top 6 offensive players go, he's certainly no where near the top of my list of players I want to play with on the Flames.
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Well, you should be. Backlund has a consistent history of setting his line mates up for success, and Tkachuk is no exception.
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The Flames have 4 top offensively gifted players, and 3 played on one line and Tkachuk was by himself.
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That may be true, but having Backlund as a centre is not some obstacle or detriment to Tkachuk’s ability to perform offensively. Like I said above, Tkachuk probably doesn’t do much better playing with Gaudreau/Monahan/Lindholm than he does with Backlund on his line.
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