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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
He's a long tenured center that has a career FO% of below 50%. He's been 50% this season but ideally your shutdown center is better than average on faceoffs as possession is key when you are trying to shut down a scoring line.
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I just did a quick look. 50.7% win rate.
Among NHL forwards with 600+ draws (Backlund has taken 975), that ranks him 47th best in the league this season.
If that is considered a "hole in his game" I don't know what to tell you about the rest of the centers in the league.