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Originally Posted by chedder
Stats don't show a player avoiding contact at any cost. Both giving and receiving. Not sure how they account for horrific giveaways at inopportune times either. I also dont really believe in 'not getting the bounces' over an extended time period. To me, he just doesn't look like he's that engaged.
But hopefully stats are correct because if he can get going it only helps the team.
To the eye I don't think anyone one can say he's been playing well.
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Backlund has been pretty "up" and "down" to my eye. He looked quite bad through the first two weeks, but then excellent from the end of January through most of February, and then not as good again the last several games.