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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
I get the arguments the deal is a year too long, although I think as a late bloomer Backlund will still be contributing by the end, but I don't buy the argument saying he is not good offensively by stating where he ranks in scoring for centres. There are numerous players listed as centres who barely ever play centre such as Marner, Nylander, and Draisaitl. If you only rank players who are actually centres Backlund's stats look much better.
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And beyond that there isn’t a center ahead of him who gets buried with more defensive zone starts.