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Originally Posted by Draug
Not to mention, Mangiapane has 15 goals. Probably not all, but many, have been with Backlund as Center. Yet Backlund has only 4 assists.
Backlund has been absolutely awful offensively given his spot in the top 6. Granted, he's been better than Monahan, but Backlund has not been good, except maybe defensively.
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The Backlund-Mangiapane duo were re-united November 18th. That was 5 games ago. Backlund has definitely not assisted on many of Mangiapane's goals.
Outside of the top line, every skater has sort of played with everyone, so Mangiapane's goals have likely been assisted by a shmorgishborg of players. Actually kind of shows how good Mangiapane is, he can play with any one and produce. It's just a matter of optimizing who he plays with and keeping him territorially in the offensive zone.