I listened to the full Treliving interview from garbage bag day in the car later that night. He was asked about RFA's, and he was more guarded in his words about Backlund than certianly Bouma, whom he gushed about.
I think Backlund's going to want to get paid like a second liner, when he's barely that (outside of faceoffs) on this team. The Flames have been pretty patient with him over the years, but the constant injuries, and production (especially the 2nd PP unit which he was a part of, that didn't score on the PP for the last 3 months) doesn't quite match 2nd line numbers or pay.
As for Colborne, not a fan of his regular season play, but his playoff play was noticeably better as far as using his size and hitting guys. A rough last 4 periods against ANA (and part of that is Beauchemin likely bit his lip on the way to the bench to draw 4 mins), but he was value in the playoffs.
Bouma and Ferland of course, and Jooris is a no brainer...from pre-season through to his last game, he was noticeable out there as an energy guy, and certainly earned another look.
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