Backes Article

Here's an article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that talks about David Backes at the Blues Prospect Camp.

Also of note, hockeysfuture.com released their latest set of prospect rankings for the Blues, and Backes stayed at the number 11 spot, which caused Blues fans to go nuts, questioning the credibility of the list. The Blues fans had their own vote, and Backes was named the 4th best prospect in the Blues system behind Erik Johnson, T.J. Oshie, and Czech goalie Marek Schwarz.