InjuredChoker
Registered User
Can any of the fancy statters dig up Backstrom's numbers the last several years and see where he stacks up against some of the other names being mentioned?
went with last three seasons (10-13) what includes his down season, though.
he's one of the best on pp. but on es, he loses to lots of players in point production and on-ice goals. pretty good numbers in goals against, as we know he is pretty good defensively but one of the best.
possession numbers are solid too, but not upper echelon.
on even strength he loses to many/most of the top-tier centers. but there is his down year, and caps haven't been strong even strength team for a while. at least compared to what they were and how strong other teams are. one player can do only so much.
some thing that i noticed.. he's been very strong goals for and against wise with carlson.. 63% of goals scored come from the caps when nick and carlson are on ice together.. number is 50.9% when nick is without carlson. same numbers are 60.5% and 54.1% with and without green, respectively. for that three year period 55.6% of all goals scored come from caps when nick is on ice. fwiw, caps are at 51.3% for that time period.
anyway, i agree nick hasn't looked the same since bourque hit. though i ran the numbers and even discounting the games from that 11-12 season after that hit, nick was around on same pace for es points as he was for last year.
that is assuming i didn't **** up with my calculations.