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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
Schenn behind O'Reilly and Thomas?
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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
How much C does Stamkos play these days?
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Cirelli
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If you excuse age/future prospective value, is there a substantial difference between Backlund, Schenn and Cirelli?
Backlund and Cirelli's stats lines are very comparable across the board. Schenn's been finishing about 10 pts ahead of the other two but picking them all up on the powerplay, which probably goes directly to pptoi, Also has the worst giveaway/takeaway ratio of the 3 by far, so you are probably giving up a fair amount of 2-way responsibility going to Schenn.
Backlund is outshooting the other 2 by a lot with a low success rate (I think thats more Sutter hockey than Backlund specifically). But is does mean as a depth C he is doing a good job of driving Ozone time.
We've probably identified the 3 best 3Cs in the league, and Backlund fits right in.