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Originally Posted by polak
I cringe every time I see Backlunds name I cringe. Ugh can we not trade our good young players for unproven draft picks.
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Backlund is now in his prime and just came off his best season which is nothing to write home about in the grand scheme of things and is injury prone. You have to give up quality to get quality (unless you are the Canucks) and I certainly wouldn't be hanging up on any GM interested in dealing for Backlund. I don't want to see him given up for a mediocre return but if the return is quality I don't have an issue as I don't see Backlund as a cornerstone player.