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Originally Posted by Vulcan
What I'm saying is that giving up on Backlund when he is just reaching his peak, puts our rebuild back a year or two and we'll be in a perpetual state of picking top five. There comes a time when you stop giving away your vets for futures.
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We're still only in year one of the full rebuild, I'd agree with you if it we're a couple years from now.
On the one hand Backlund is coming into his own and there would be nothing wrong with keeping him, but his improvement is also what gives him trade value.
Of course this is all an Eklund rumor about Buffalo, so likely has little truth. But we also have Burke, and I bet he loves the large defenseman and would do something a bit bold to get him.
Ekblad + Backlund = Eklund. It's meant to be.