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Originally Posted by 868904
Backlund with a high end offensive winger is a 50 point two way centremen. Without, he's still a 40 point two way guy..
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It's funny, Tkachuk gets all the credit for Backlund finally breaking 50 a few years back but 2016 Backlund had the same number of ES points with Colborne/Bennett as the winger - with less icetime - as 2017 Backlund. The difference came on the PP, where PP2 had Giordano, Hamilton, and rookie Tkachuk giving our second unit some firepower. By taking those three off PP2 to patch up PP1 we basically had Backlund have his worst season since 2012.