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Backlund has a 45% Dzone start ratio with a 55% Ozone completion.

McGrattan has a 53% Ozone start 52% finish, Tim Jackman 69% 54% finish. So when Backlund is on the 4th he is getting some Ozone starts but when he is anywhere else in the lineup, he is seeing way way below 50%.

He has the best start to finish ratio of anyone on the team besides TJ Brodie, who is to be honest, a beast.

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I am not gonna post all his advanced stats, as I am sure they will only be poopoo'd here, but if you like that kind of thing and take any stock into it, he comes out very well.

Also he passes the eye test. He makes the odd blunder, which probably looks far worse to the average fan because when he makes the odd blunder and doesnt make up for it, its usually because hes on the ice against the top forwards on the opposing team and it often ends up in the net behind the sieve goaltenders we have.

If you doubled or even 1.5 times his 11 mins avg of ice time you probably would not notice the gaffes quite as much I would think, but because he plays so little the eye test can be fooled because less ice time can lead to highlighting mistakes in your mind.

He's criminally underrated, and the Flames would be fools to ditch him.