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Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
So your whole problem with Backlund being considered a second line center is his lack of offense.
Yet he finished 40th in even strength points among centers. Lemme do some math here. 31 teams, so that places him 9th when you take out 31. But wait, Draisaitl, Lindholm and Nyquist are listed as centers ahead of him and didn't actually play much center, if any. Maybe even more guys but that's what I knew from skimming the list quickly.
So after you take out the top 31 and then these three guys who didn't actually play center all season Backlund places 6th. So not only in 2nd line production territory but at the top of the list.
2 even strength points less than Patrice Bergeron. 5 less than our own Elias Lindholm. 6 less points than Niklas Backstrom.
It's really getting annoying reading that Backlund doesn't have the offense compared to other 2nd line centers because in reality he put up more than most of them, nevermind that he starts his shifts in the D zone and goes up against other teams top lines every night.
I've seen Textcritic bring this up a couple of times before. I know it will have to be brought up many more times in the future.
Backlund is criminally underrated for everything he does and brings to this team.
Derek Ryan is a nice player but simply cannot touch Backlund in any facet of the game.
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Jesus. That was a, take him out to the woodshed, burial of a post.