It's great that Playfair expects more from Backlund. Not to make excuses for Backlund, because if he has to play better, he has to play better, but I wonder if his playing 90 games this year at a pro level (travel, competition) was starting to wear on him?
Hopefully, the kid learns from this and strives to play every game as Playfair says he's capable of doing, because the big club is going to need him.
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