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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Those are all overcome if you use it to compare guys that you know play comparable roles / situations.
In Backlund's case he is a guy who you know actually plays against other teams top lines / always in tough situations and then you comparable to guys on better teams, not as tough situations and those stats are similar.
Not sure how that would say anything bad against Backlund.
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It doesn't say anything bad about Backlund. But even when you are trying to compare players in similar roles, there are still way too many variables.
ROR's situation is nothing like Turris' or Krejci's or Kadri's, even though they are all considered to be in checking roles.
ROR's stats are a function of Buffalo, not the player.
And we haven't even started on the fact that PP stats also matter for a player.
I know you will defend the stats until the cows come home. And I know that you can take them in context (More than most). But most people don't. Period.