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Originally Posted by devo22
you know what baffles me? This:
last season, Backlund was 3rd in goals and 4th in points on the team, he posted career highs in all offensive categories by a mile and also was a key player defensively and one of the team's best penalty killers. He was one of the team's best forwards and probably the best forward for some stretches. And you'd argue he didn't earn his 1.5m last season? Wow.
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Not hard to do when the previous highs were more suited to a 4th line grinder than some sort of offensive centerman....Anton freaking Babchuk outscored him that year, so wow indeed.
Sorry, but this guy simply didnt earn anything more than what he received this season....now that doesnt mean he shouldnt get a bump moving forward, but 4 million dollars for 4 years seems ludicrous.