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Originally Posted by Bingo
It is true.
It's tracked and he wasn't sheltered.
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Yeah, he was. You're making it sound like Phillips was stapled to Backlund, which he was not. According to the shift charts Backlund playing with Phillips looks to have been PP related. The shifts and time on the ice don't match up otherwise.
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Mikael Backlund is never sheltered, so if you play with Mikael Backlund you get tough deployment.
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Backlund is never sheltered but that doesn't mean anyone who takes a shift with him is not sheltered. If you have a young guy you want to protect their defensive deficiencies you play them with your most responsible player. Phillips was played in situations where he could most succeed. Offensive zone starts with players that could cover his ass. It's why he played mostly with Lewis (according to shift charts) and then Backlund on PP2. You're right, its logged, you just have to read the logs and not rely solely on the summaries.