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Originally Posted by Philly06Cup
Mini-rant: this award should ignore points. It should reward defensive specialists. The ones who get minimal offensive zone starts, who match up against other team top lines and play on their teams top PK.
Would love to see more recognition for guys like Jordan Staal, Joel Eriksson Ek, Clutterbuck/Cizikas.
I would argue that Backlund is more deserving than Lindholm, given their deployment. Bergeron is a beast, but it's Coyle/Frederic who gets the majority of the defensive draws and tough assignments in Boston these days.
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IMO Lindholm is a more steady player. Backlund's game varies during the season from great to terrible.