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Originally Posted by Bingo
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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Backlund, Frost and Kadri vs the top scorers on the other 31 teams and Draisaitl and McDavid (missed 2 games against the Flames so left him in)
Kadri:
Minutes - 353:29
xGF% 48.58%
GF% 34.29%
CF% 49.94%
SF% 48.03%
SCF% 45.92%
HDCF% 40.27%
Backlund:
Minutes - 510:37
xGF% 58.17%
GF% 62.79%
CF% 52.02%
SF% 50.10%
SCF% 52.88%
HDCF% 51.14%
Frost
Minutes - 101:13 (Flames only)
xGF% 38.59%
GF% 25.00%
CF% 45.15%
SF% 49.51%
SCF% 40.43%
HDCF% 29.63%
The GF% and xGF% for Backlund against the top scorer of every team in the league is elite. He's not just playing well, he's out playing the best players head-to-head. 4th liner is just due to his age and the want to have young players take his spot on the team