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Originally Posted by dissentowner
I disagree. Backlund is a better two way player and he is definitely more durable but he is not as talented offensively as Johansen. I think Backlund going forward is going to regress offesuvely every year, he is a 3rd line C at this point.
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At this point, hey? Well, let's look at the most recent evidence that we have...
Points: T-3rd
EVP: T-2nd
+/-: 1st (by a lot)
TOI: 2nd (among forwards)
League-wide, he was 49th in points, among Cs, and 50th in EVP (avg 2nd liner)
He just had his best season, so that effusive(?) regression is nowhere to be seen yet. He has played about 900 games, including playoffs - that is about 250 games less than the oft-compared Staal. And he is in phenomenal shape, with a very tight injury history.