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Originally Posted by Har-Calgary
Can't believe this is the only poster who's brought this up so far. Backstrom is not only one of the best in the game but he does it on both ends. Before the season started, after Trotz got through training camp, he talked so much about how he couldn't believe that Backstrom didn't get more love in the best player in the game convos. He compared him to guys like Kopi and Toews, so far this year he's been better than both IMO. Ovie is still the Caps MVP but Backstrom was for the first half and then Ovie went crazy and started scoring goals every game. For the record I love Ovie, but I think him and Backs cancel each other out. I agree with another poster that it was a race between Kane and Price until Kane went down.
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That was kind of my point about selecting Tavares over Ovechkin. The drop off in forward talent on the Islanders after Tavares is greater than on the Caps after Ovechkin (Backstrom being the case in point). Tavares is doing his best to elevate the players around him, most of which would be 2nd or 3rd liners on most teams (save for Strome who is still really young).
I think if you put Tavares with elite forwards, he could probably easily lead the league in scoring.