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Originally Posted by Bingo
Don't you think that's probably the case for most 40 point/season forwards?
They go three games with 5 points and get you all excited and then don't produce for the next 7 etc.
If you look at his season in 5 game segments he was the following in xGF%
50.3%
64.3%
70.7%
49.5%
61.6%
49.9%
Sutter enters
50.9%
53.3%
54.5%
60.2%
64.5%
He's pretty consistent. His lows are never that low when it comes to play driving, and he found another gear when Sutter took over (makes sense given Sutter mentioning him often)
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There should be a rule that whenever xGF % is mentioned actual GF% needs to be mentioned and the differential as well.
actual GF% is essentially plus/minus.
Skilled players do not need a whole lot of shots to score goals they get and their xGF% becomes misleading. xGF really means that you take more shots than you give up but McDavid (for instance) actually expects to score pretty much any time he has the puck control in the offensive zone.
Backlund had a great season in 2018-19 and pretty much ho-hum career outside of the Flames miracle year.
I do not recall any severe line juggling to have the other teams stars avoid Backlund as they do to avoid Danault for instance.