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Originally Posted by dissentowner
I didn't call Backlund a 4th line player, I said he took a step back defensively. What am I watching this summer, replays of a different Flames team than you? The discussion was on Bean and you tried to use statistics to say he is good in his own zone. So if statistics don't lie would you argue Evan Bouchard is perhaps the best two way defenseman in the league and rock solid in his own zone? Also because stats are the be all and end all according to you then you must argue Darnell Nurse is also above average in his own zone. I mean the stats don't lie. Hell, from our own team you should be arguing that Jake Bean is a much more competent defenseman than Rasmus Andersson is. That's what the stats say, right?
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I said he was vanilla steady and could and likely will lose his spot.
That's hardly calling him good in his own zone.
Just pointing out that with his matchups he held his own last year, which is easily backed by numbers. And that calling a players "a bag of suck on hockey skates" is way over the top and silly.
And the Andersson question? No it doesn't. Andersson had the hardest matchups, and is a different stratosphere.
But why would a person that sees things backed up by stats ever ignore stats to take the word of someone else's eye test that isn't backed by stats? Honestly ... why?
And here you are suggesting Backlund is a fourth liner ...
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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Honestly I thought Backlund took a pretty big step back defensively last year. I think Frost is a better two way C now personally. I could live with Kadri, Zary, Frost, Backlund down the middle myself but Huska won't. Can't wait to see Backlund on PP 2 again....good Lord.
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