A bit of intellectual dishonesty in that arguement. It's not a mutually exclusive arguement: a career 45-pts David Backes (even with his $4.5M cap hit) is far far far more valuable to the makeup of the present day Mtl Canadiens roster/team than DD ever can be - and I'm head of the DD fan club on this board.
Its about fitting the pieces of the puzzle together to build that greater whole, just sayin......
But that's a bit dishonest too.
1. Backes is a career 52 point per 82 game player.
2. Over the past 4 seasons he's scored 58 points per 82 games.
So really his point production the same as DD's so of course his size and physical game makes him more valuable.