The Mikael Backlund thing is really interesting from a modern stats point of view. He has 1 goal, he is -7, all of that says he should be demoted as he has.
Yet the guy as per usual in his career is one of the top possession players on the team meaning that although not a lot of good is happening when he's out there at least the limits the bad.
(having said that, and I'm a Backlund fan for the most part, he hasn't looked as good to me in the details this season as in the past)
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