Of course Tkachuk helps Backlund. He is a fantastic player. But Backlund also helps Tkachuk.
Backlund also put up 47 points before Tkachuk was ever a teammate.
And Backlund is a 3rd line centre on how many teams in this league? Two? And that has everything to do with the players that would be in front of him (Crosby, Malkin, Getzlaf, Kesler).
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