Backström has produced close to or just as well when not put on Ovis line or the few times Ovi has been out of the lineup. Bergeron centering Marchand and Pastrnak this year vs Oshie and one of burakovsky/Vrana/Stephenson/Several others is quite clearly going Bergerons way. Backström wasnt far behind Bergeron this year in PPG after a strong ending to the season while playing tougher minutes 49% defensive zone starts vs Bergeron 40,6%. Bergeron have gone from beeing Bruins defensive center to get the offensive assignments when getting Bruins two bestoffensive guys on the line. While Backström have gotten tougher minutes beeing played away from Ovechkin.
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Backström has produced close to or just as well when not put on Ovis line or the few times Ovi has been out of the lineup. Bergeron centering Marchand and Pastrnak this year vs Oshie and one of burakovsky/Vrana/Stephenson/Several others is quite clearly going Bergerons way. Backström wasnt far behind Bergeron this year in PPG after a strong ending to the season while playing tougher minutes 49% defensive zone starts vs Bergeron 40,6%. Bergeron have gone from beeing Bruins defensive center to get the offensive assignments when getting Bruins two bestoffensive guys on the line. While Backström have gotten tougher minutes beeing played away from Ovechkin.
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Backstrom. Bergeron is one of the most overrated players in the league, but that's typically the case with the "2 way" guys.
by that logic, wouldn't backstrom be overrated as well? why doesn't he have any selkes? why is his highest selke voting only 7th place?
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Backstrom has been the most underrated player of this generation and this poll proves it. Losing to a guy who hasn't topped 70pts in 10+ years.
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Backstrom has been getting overrated some defensively as far as I'm concerned, but the offensive difference to Bergeron is still quite large. Bergeron has never in his career over the course of a full season produced at a higher clip than Backstrom's career average. Backstrom has been somewhere around 20-25% better offensive producer generally speaking. Does the defensive difference make up for that?
My biggest issue with Backstrom used to be I found him a kind of weak playoff performer, but I'm not convinced that still holds.
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A resounding yes. Bergeron is dominant vs any other center, one on one. That's the reason why he is considered by most a top 5 center in the league.
He hasn't been the most underrated player of this generation. He's had his stats improved by playing with ovi. Without ovi he isn't a ppg player.
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