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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Looking at Backlund...
First 23 games, 3G, 8A, 11P, .478 PPG pace
Last 36 games, 14G, 13A, 27P, .750 PPG pace
The guy has been fantastic. And a lot of people were writing him off early in the season.
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Either he was injured or just not confident in his play because he has taken off this year.
Another notable change is the type of goals he's been scoring. He's been dangling defenders and sniping corners this year as opposed to the last couple seasons where that didn't seem to happen as often.
Peters has clearly let Backlund off the leash a bit offensively and it is paying dividends.