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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
"Shouldn't." Does not mean he can't.
Taking it to an extreme, Nurse shouldn't be playing 25 minutes a night as the #1 defender on a contender either, but here he was doing it with a 104 point contender.
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Yes, what the OP said can be viewed as an "extreme", but the reality is, if Backlund is your 3rd line centre, you've got an extremely good forward group. If he's your 2nd line centre, it's not the end of the world, but his skill set is much better suited to where he will be now.
And tbqh I'm not sure his production will even drop all that much from his 40ish point norm since he's not the most prolific special teams scorer.