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Originally Posted by TOfan
Honest question, was Backlund the play driver he is at 23, or did that not come to be until 25 or 26?
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10-11: 21 years old - 58.2% xGF, 5.42 relative
11-12: 22 years old - 49.8% xGF, 0.93 relative
12-13: 23 years old - 54.9% xGF, 7.03 relative
13-14: 24 years old - 50.5% xGF, 5.47 relative
14-15: 25 years old - 47.8% xGF, 3.06 relative
15-16: 26 years old - 52.1% xGF, 5.2 relative
16-17: 27 years old - 51.8% xGF , 4.93 relative
His underlying numbers when it came to advanced metrics were always pretty elite compared to his teammates.
It's why he had a lot of supporters even though he strugged to produce / stay healthy earlier in his career.
Cozens is a bit different:
20-21: 19 - 43.1% xGF, -4.0
21-22: 20 - 45.9% xGF, -0.94
22-23: 21 - 50.0% xGF, 0.96
23-24: 22 - 49.6% xGF, 1.84
24-25: 23 - 46.4% xGF, -3.82
So Cozens was okay relative to his teammates in 22-23, 23-24 at driving play, but still pretty average overall. He has a pretty objectively bad start to this season by any metric (points, xGF, relative xGF).