Why has Backstrom never been considered for Selke?

[StoneHands]

Did trotz say that?

No, Peter Laviolette said it. You agree, right? Or is the cutoff between blindly listening to a coaches opinion somewhere between Lavi and Trotz?

 

[Star Ocean]

No, Peter Laviolette said it. You agree, right? Or is the cutoff between blindly listening to a coaches opinion somewhere between Lavi and Trotz?

Not sure what Laviolette has to do what barry trotz thinks.

 

[StoneHands]

Not sure what Laviolette has to do what barry trotz thinks.

Are you having trouble following your own discussion? When I asked why you thought Backstrom should win the Selke you referred to Trotz's quote. When I asked if you just blindly follow a coaches opinion you said you would take Trot'z opinion over mine. When I asked if you think Giroux was the best player in the NHL during Crosby's prime just because Laviolette said it, you all the sudden get confused. Are we supposed to believe the opinion of coaches or not?

 

[Star Ocean]

Are you having trouble following your own discussion? When I asked why you thought Backstrom should win the Selke you referred to Trotz's quote. When I asked if you just blindly follow a coaches opinion you said you would take Trot'z opinion over mine. When I asked if you think Giroux was the best player in the NHL during Crosby's prime just because Laviolette said it, you all the sudden get confused. Are we supposed to believe the opinion of coaches or not?

Now you are just generlizing. If someone on hfboards has a bad opinion, does that mean all other opinions on hfboards are void as well?

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Crosby nowhere near the player defensively Bergeron is. Not a knock on Crosby - Bergeron is just much better defensively

There were stats that this year, show otherwise. But yeah you seem like an unbiased person that would look up such stats and the article for proof.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...91bb50-596a-11e9-98d4-844088d135f2_story.html

 

[SpinningEdge]

There were stats that this year, show otherwise. But yeah you seem like an unbiased person that would look up such stats and the article for proof.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...91bb50-596a-11e9-98d4-844088d135f2_story.html

Sorry, Crosby isn’t as good as Bergeron defensively. Awards prove it and coaches/other places have voted Bergeron as by far best defensive center most years for the better part of a decade.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Sorry, Crosby isn’t as good as Bergeron defensively. Awards prove it and coaches/other places have voted Bergeron as by far best defensive center most years for the better part of a decade.

Yeah but you're wrong this year.

Try to keep up.

 

[StoneHands]

Now you are just generlizing. If someone on hfboards has a bad opinion, does that mean all other opinions on hfboards are void as well?

Of course not but you seem to think that if Trotz says it, it must be true but if Laviolette says something it's just a "bad opinion". Trotz can't have bad opinions I guess?

 

[Juicy Pop]

He's in the company of guys like Giroux and Tavares; well above-average defensively yet not quite elite.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

No, too many ahead of him.

 

[JasonRoseEh]

He's in the company of guys like Giroux and Tavares; well above-average defensively yet not quite elite.

Backstrom is a superior defender to Tavares and Giroux.

 

[Gnome17]

He is a quiet swedish (non-canadian) boy with a pretty simple looking, somber playstyle. He will never get much attention sadly.