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Originally Posted by heep223
His counting stats actually improved through the season iirc.
You do realize that Backlund was facing the likes of Kopitar, Getzlaf, Sedins, McDavid right? And starting lots in his own end.
Stajan got spot 4th line sheltered duty.
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pre all star game 49 games 9 goals 31 pts -6 .63 ppg on his way to a career season point wise (52) and then after the all star game .41 pp a 33 pt / season pace.
Backlund was a plus player for the last 3 seasons playing Kopitar, Getzlaf, Sedins, McDavid. That was the primary reason for his 32.1 M over 6 year contract extension,
He just wasn't as good, pretty much as soon as he signed the extension.