CaptainAmerica
OV >>>>>> Crosby
I love the irony of this post, it's laughable. You just proved the point that he is underrated. What else you got Einstein?
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Quietly Backstrom leads the league in playoff scoring
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I love the irony of this post, it's laughable. You just proved the point that he is underrated. What else you got Einstein?
CaptainAmerica
OV >>>>>> Crosby
Have you even watched the guy play? He led the league in assists, was the top penalty killing forward on the Caps, not to mention he finished 6th in scoring, but yea he's not an all-star.
You make me laugh lol
OrrNumber4
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He has been the best player for either team this series.
Really shows you what a playmaker can do when he mixes it up a little bit.
Really shows you what a playmaker can do when he mixes it up a little bit.
Ducks in a row
Go Ducks Quack Quack
Corey Perry and Kevin Shattenkirk have more now in same amount of games and Vladimir Tarasenko has equal in same amount of games.
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Ducks won 5-2, so 7 goals were scored. That's 25 goals in 4 games - 6.25 goals per game. In today's NHL that's kind of a lot, and it is significantly more than the 4.5 GPG in the Isles/Caps series.
It isn't meaningless at all. Being the most impactful player in a playoff series, or perhaps in the NHL overall -as Backstrom has been so far - is kind of a big deal for a player.
Alexander the Gr8
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Backstrom's impact on the Caps-Isles series goes way beyond the points.
Winning face-offs ? Check.
Scoring key goals ? Check.
Great defense on the PK ? Check.
Creating scoring opportunities for teammates ? Check.
Winning face-offs ? Check.
Scoring key goals ? Check.
Great defense on the PK ? Check.
Creating scoring opportunities for teammates ? Check.
Creating a reason for this thread on HF ? No.
Guy is great. Have talked him up for years among people I talk to. Underrated sure, but who cares as long as he's performing show him some love as a Caps fan. It's like the **** with the Rangers fans that have to talk up Stepan every chance they get. Great players doing their job. Other fan bases don't have to recognize it, they'll just see when he's lighting it up against their teams. Hope he continues his scoring tonight.
Smokey Thompson
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That's just not a good matchup for Tavares. They need to play shutdown hockey vs Backstrom, and Tavares is not the man to do that.
Sojourn
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I love how you use one game, instead of the 2-1, 4-2, or 5-4 score. Guess what? One goal is still significant, because one goal can decide a game. Maybe one goal wasn't as important in Anaheim's 5-2 win(though even that is debatable, since one of them was an empty netter), but if a game finishes 5-4 you're still looking at one goal being the difference.
As for your second sentence, that's also debatable, and you'd have a tough time proving he's having a greater impact than another player in a completely different series. What isn't debatable is that Backstrom is no longer leading the league in playoff scoring, which kind of backs up everyone's claim that it's premature to really be talking about it, because we're 4 games in. He held the lead for as long as it took four other players to complete 4 games. After tonight, someone else could be leading.
Hivemind
We're Touched
Not surprising to anyone who's watched Backstrom before. This isn't a new development. Backstrom has been a top flight defensive player for quite some time now.
JZCislesHockey
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Capuano is intentionally matching him up against that line though
We have the dumbest coach in hockey...
Derrty
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Tavares +3 2g 4a 6pts
Backstrom -3 3g 3a 6pts
One game to go. Is this a good matchup?
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