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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
If what you're saying is true Bingo, then Phillips would have been in the lineup all the time. The reality is he played limited minutes and sheltered minutes which is why his fancy stats looked so good. Playing with the team's best defensive forward is way of being sheltered for crying out loud. It's why Tkachuk was plopped on a line with Backlund and Frolik, to shelter the kid from defensive responsibility.
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It is true.
It's tracked and he wasn't sheltered.
Mikael Backlund is never sheltered, so if you play with Mikael Backlund you get tough deployment.