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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
I guess to me it's obvious that when someone says a 'bottom 6 player' the implication is they are not talking about the absolute worst teams in the league. Like, duh, backlund isn't a bottom 6 player on the oilers or the kings or the senators.
You're using averages here to pour cold water on what is a very real criticism: that backlund on his current projected pace is a bottom 6 roster player for a good team. Further to that, you're supplying information that says not only is backlund not a top 6 player on a top 10 team, he's actually not a top 6 player on a playoff team, which is taking things much further than the point i made and in my opinion makes 'league average' comparisons appear even more inaccurate and frankly a bit dishonest, because no one would use a non playoff team as a justification for basically any team building strategy or judgement of talent.
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This is simply not true, though. Mikael Backlund is on an offensive pace that would have been good enough to qualify in the top-six of four of the NHL's top-ten teams last year (BOS, NSH, NYI, PIT), and eight of 16 playoff teams (CAR, CBJ, STL, DAL). Good enough offensively to play in the top-six of both teams who faced off in the 2019 SCF.