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Originally Posted by N-E-B
And before last game he was playing at a 32 point pace and looks noticeably worse this season. It’s extremely disingenuous to say he’s playing at a 50+ point pace when he almost doubled his point totals in one game.
More realistically I think it’s fair to say he’s had one great game out of 11 but other than that he’s been producing at a third line rate. He’s a month away from 32 so maybe it’s just a slow start for him, but he certainly hasn’t played up to his contract for the vast majority of the season.
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Backlund has gotten off to a tough start. No question.
And 3 of his 7 points came in the last game, so he was on a slower pace up to that point. Yes.
However, that is how points typically go. Points come in streaks.
What I saw was a guy who had his best game of the season so far in the biggest game of the season so far, against our biggest rival! Dismissing that seems kind of silly to me - I think we should be giving it extra weight.