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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Because the Backlund's primary line role is to check top lines, not to score goals. Frolik is at this point a little bit better of a possession player than Bennett, which keeps top line opponents hemmed in more often and allows Peters to play Bennett with Neal, which this far has been the only combination that gives us a solid 3rd line. I'm not advocating for Tkachuk-Backlund-Bennett to be reunited -I am telling you that calling their lack of production together "glaring" is a brutal claim.
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When you have a ppg player in Tkachuk on your line. That line is expected to score/produce alongside Backlund. Frolik won the job over because the line started to produce right when the 3M line was re-established. Really don’t care about what your stats allegedly say either as it hasn’t been corroborated. From what I see, the 3M line is the better line both defensively and offensively.
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