Player Discussion David Backes

[Leonardo87]

Doubt if he's going to play wing, Deslauriers and Rowney are set there.

The line of Deslauriers - Grant - Rowney had been excellent. If Grant returns and am optimistic now, then it’s a no brainer, right?

 

[duckpuck]

Is it even worth it to buy him out? The ducks don't need the cap space next year, so saving cap is not an issue.

The only reason to buy him out is to save the actual cash, which would be at most $1M (not sure if Boston gets 25% of the savings). Whatever the ducks save ends up being spent on Backes' replacement who is probably a 4th liner/rookie.

It seems to me the ducks would be better off just keeping him as a 12/13.

 

[Terry Yake]

i wouldn't mind bringing him back next season as a locker room presence

 

[Rec T]

I hope he gets to 1000 career games. Take good care of him for us.

He's sitting at 948 right now. It sucks but I don't see him playing in 40-50 games next year (if he's playing). Maybe close to that but that might make it even worse if he's done with 990 total.

But yeah I'd like to see him reach that too.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

He's sitting at 948 right now. It sucks but I don't see him playing in 40-50 games next year (if he's playing). Maybe close to that but that might make it even worse if he's done with 990 total.

But yeah I'd like to see him reach that too.

If he can play all 12 remaining games this year, he'll need 40 next year to reach 1000. Certainly within the realm of possibility.

 

[bsu]

If you just focus on him for an entire shift, you can see just how bad he is.

 

[Rec T]

If he can play all 12 remaining games this year, he'll need 40 next year to reach 1000. Certainly within the realm of possibility.

I agree, it's within the realm thereof. But 40 games is half of the games scheduled. He's one somewhat bad hit away from being sidelined for a while again. (then there's the whole Grant wildcard...).

Again, I hope that he makes it, I really do. But if I were to bet, I'd probably come down on the wrong/sad side of the 50/50 toss up.

 

[Leonardo87]

If you just focus on him for an entire shift, you can see just how bad he is.

Can you imagine if Grant was still here with Rowney and Des running hot? We’d have a 4th line that is more of a 3rd line on most teams. I really don’t care for our 3rd line. Keep waiting for them to score some goals , not happening.

 

[Deuce22]

Can you imagine if Grant was still here with Rowney and Des running hot? We’d have a 4th line that is more of a 3rd line on most teams. I really don’t care for our 3rd line. Keep waiting for them to score some goals , not happening.

Jones and Sherwood are 4th liners. Steel, who knows?

 

[Leonardo87]

Jones and Sherwood are 4th liners. Steel, who knows?

yup I would like to see Steel with better line mates for a full season before judging. But who knows.

 

[Rec T]

If he can play all 12 remaining games this year...

This post didn't age well...sigh

(in the grand scheme of things, I fully understand & agree with the suspension, but for cases like this...it's going to suck for various players who needed those games to reach 'x' (did Getz get an assist the other night or did his streak of 30 assist seasons come to an end? - assuming that the suspension will eventually become cancellation when it becomes too silly to have the end of the 19-20 season overlap with the 20-21 training camp))

 

[Kalv]

In that Athletic's Zegras article it was mentioned that Zegras communicated a lot with both Getzy and Backes. Backes would come down to the dressing room in the games he was scratched, and give Z avice, based on what he saw up there.

Honestly, Backes trade was a great deal for us.

 

[JabbaJabba]

In that Athletic's Zegras article it was mentioned that Zegras communicated a lot with both Getzy and Backes. Backes would come down to the dressing room in the games he was scratched, and give Z avice, based on what he saw up there.

Honestly, Backes trade was a great deal for us.

That's nice to hear. Too bad that Backes was at the end of his career when he came to Anaheim. Would have fitted the team based on the way he played when he was younger and faster. Good retirement to him.

 

[Kalv]

That's nice to hear. Too bad that Backes was at the end of his career when he came to Anaheim. Would have fitted the team based on the way he played when he was younger and faster. Good retirement to him.

Absolutely. Dude was a warrior, and even though his body kind of fell behind, he left an impression as a really really good guy to have in the locker room, especially around our young guys. Sounds like Comtois, Zegras and others had a strong bond with him. He's a good role model to follow.

 

[Terry Yake]

That's nice to hear. Too bad that Backes was at the end of his career when he came to Anaheim. Would have fitted the team based on the way he played when he was younger and faster. Good retirement to him.

he was still solid in just about every game he played. better than grant and deslauriers for sure and seemed like he was constantly getting the puck to the net

really not sure why eakins didn't play him more

 

[JabbaJabba]

he was still solid in just about every game he played. better than grant and deslauriers for sure and seemed like he was constantly getting the puck to the net

really not sure why eakins didn't play him more

Yeah, but he obviously wasn't the kind of player he once was. That version of Backes would have been awesome to have.