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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
All I'm saying is that he does have the advantage of playing on the top powerplay unit, which is a far cry from playing on the "second line". Compare Backlund (2 PP points) to Tkachuk (24 pp points) and now contrast that with Backlund (43 EV points) to Tkachuk (53 EV points).
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Again, fair, plus I would add that while he was good at his role on the PP, it's not the role that creates most of the goals (that goes to Gio and Gaudreau, and to a lesser extent Monahan). He has great hands in close and can give and take a lot of abuse, and that's his forte.