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Originally Posted by ricardodw
So that would have the Flames with a legit #1 C!!!
His scoring this season puts him at #18 in the league #6 in the North Division.
Only Centres ahead of him in Canada are Matthews/Tavares McDavid/Drasiatl and Schefiele . He is basically elite and at 4.85 for the next 3 years is a bargain basement.
His scoring would put him ahead of Barzal, Point, Stamkos, Horvat, Dubois, Giroux, Couturier, Krejci, Suzuki, anyone on Vegas, Kopitar
Backlund is a solid #2 centre to play a shutdown role so what do the Flames need to upgrade to become a contender.
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Well, if you think a guy around #20 in a 32 team league is "elite", OK. As for scoring, there are definitely some with off years or injuries or up and comers I'm going to place above him even if they didn't outproduce him this year. He plays in the North division, as noted, and that's not exactly the toughest competition.
He's not ahead of Barzal, Point, Eichel, Kopitar, Malkin, Stankos etc at the very least IMO, despite outpointing them. You'd have an interesting argument about guys like Petterson, In fact, PPG, he's behind even Strome, Eichel, Krejci, and he'd be about 26th ranked.
There's zero question about his bargain contract though. Congrats, Treliving.