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sptsman said:
Oh, did anyone else happen to see that Backes got his coach fired? He has a total of 22 points, a +/- of -12 and is 2nd on the team in PIM's. You can gripe all you want about Armstrong but that move had to be made. Backes was a very good player for us but he is on the down side of his career and the Bruins will wish they had not given him that deal.

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Who here is complaining about not matching the Boston offer to sign Backes?

80% of the fans I know had no issue with Army not signing the guy. It was hardly some kind of brilliant decision.

However, since you brought this up out of nowhere, I will say it is my belief that Army DID sign off on both extensions for Allen AND Steen as a result of losing Backes.He signed them for the wrong reasons. While Steen at least had some chits stored up from prior years, he definitely benefited when Backes left. As for Allen, that was just a gift from heaven, plain stupid on Army's part.

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