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Originally Posted by ricardodw
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.
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Small sample size, very uncharacteristically low shooting percentage for the player.
Are you implying that he was less motivated to finish on his high-quality chances after signing the contract, even though he was motivated to create more high-quality chances? Clearly, it was a case of a statistical anomaly.