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Originally Posted by Textcritic
That's WAY too much. Show me a single goaltender traded in the past decade who has commanded this kind of return; to say nothing for one that has played a total of 12 NHL games.
While I agree that Backlund is not likely to improve, I also think he is very likely to maintain this level of play for the next four or five years. I think with Jankowski in the picture this actually sets the Flames in a very good position. He will not be anywhere near ready to fill Backlund's role for a few years, and by the time he is I expect Backlund to still have high enough of a trade value to return some pretty useful pieces.
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We should probably wait until Jankowski plays more than 3 AHL games to think he's a Backlund replacement.