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Originally Posted by Ashasx
That's really not true. He consistently faces the toughest competition on the team, toughest zone starts, etc. And he always ends up on the positive side of possession.
The only thing Backlund doesn't have is elite offence, but he is elite everywhere else.
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So i don't know what we mean by "elite" but the term that was used in the previous post was top line center. If a top line center has great possession/checking stats (zone starts, quality of competition) etc, but doesn't have top line production, i think that most fans would deem him a weak top line center, but a perfect 3rd line center. I absolutely agree that backlund is a top 3rd line center in the league ("elite" 3rd line center).
I guess what i'm saying is an elite 3rd line center doesn't mean he tranlsates well to a 1st line center.