Corsi and Fenwick are far from perfect but a big strength they have is determining who is having a positive effect on a game, and when you contrast them with zone starts you can really start to point out defensive stars. Backlund is still an elite level defensive player with a pretty good offensive game. People saying his offensive game is down are objectively wrong, the only thing that is down is his shooting percentage which, as most know involves some luck. If his shooting percentage had been the same this year as the last couple then he’d be on pace for a career year offensively. Instead he’s just gonna end up around where he did last year. People saying his defensive game is down simply have no way to back that up other using a garbage stat. He’s a no brainer signing at 5m.
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