txpd
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I want to live in TXPD's universe so I can stop doing half of my job.
Where did i say anything like that?
I want to live in TXPD's universe so I can stop doing half of my job.
I thought Eller was supposed to be our shutdown checking center, not Backstrom.
If you think the Washington Capitals are shelling out $11 million to Nick Backstrom to be nothing more than a shutdown center
Well, except that he is paid for that. The Caps have not for some time used a checking center as a shutdown match up. Trotz used Backstrom for that almost exclusively in the playoffs. Trotz with regularity pumped Backstrom for the Selke. This is why he plays with Oshie who is also a primary defensive forward. Its why they prefer Kuznetsov with Ovechkin. This is nothing new.
Now if you want to complain, you could consider the power play set up that gives him no impactful options to speak of. Of course that is because Carlson is down and that's no one's fault
Correct me if I'm wrong but you're not arguing that Backstrom is paid just to shut down other lines, right?.
I am sorry. Where did I say "nothing more than"??
Let me try this again because I have apparantly f***ed up getting my point across.
Backstrom wasnt awful
He was matched up against the Flyer #1 line and shut them down.
He carried the most pk mins in a 6 pk game and the pk was 6-6.
Because there was so much pk he played very limited even strenth time. See Vrana's TOI.
The power play without Carlson changes what Backstrom can do and limits him significantly.
There. I hope that is better.
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He's not paid to just shut down the other line. They could shell out a lot less than $11 million to a player to do that full time.
To me, you pretty clearly say he's getting paid to be a shutdown center. If I misunderstood that, my apologies.Well, except that he is paid for that. The Caps have not for some time used a checking center as a shutdown match up.
There has been quite a lot of Backstrom bashing. I dont get it.
That’s a lot of meatballswait until that $9 mil per kicks in.....
wait until that $9 mil per kicks in.....
If Todd wants to send a message to the team in a form of a benching...he needs to bench someone other than 92 one of these days. They've seen him benched too many times so the effect wore off a long time ago. Its like a whole class acting wild but only the so called "baddest kid in class" gets sent to the principal's office.