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Originally Posted by Bingo
I'm with most ... good contract, but it's not an add to a thin forward core, it's just bringing the gang back.
Essentially it's the longer version of the Backlund contract for similar dollars.
If you look at the last three years they have been very similar players ... Backlund now with 3 years to go at 32, Nugent Hopkins with 8 more at 28.
Backlund is 4 years older, but here are the last three seasons in 5 on 5 production rates (combined).
Backlund
14min/game
0.67 goals/game
1.25 assists/game
1.91 points/game
Backlund higher in all play driving stats
Nugent Hopkins
14min/game
0.79 goals/game
0.96 assists/game
1.75 points/game
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Except Backlund is a full time C (and usually a shutdown C at that), whereas RNH plays wing a lot, and that’s where he picks up his points. RNH is supposedly good defensively but IMO it’s a perception because of the size of the pond he swims in.