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Originally Posted by FlameZilla
I'm also fairly confident we could get the Blue Jackets' 3rd overall pick if we dangeled Backlund in front of their noses. They're pretty desperate for a good centreman. It might sting, but we have plenty of C depth now & Backs will be UFA soon. His value may never be higher than it is now, and if it would net us one of those Finnish RWers we'd have a well-balanced squad with a lot of young players coming of age around the same time.
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Is Backlund really a big upgrade on any of Dubinsky, Jenner or Wennberg? They're desperate for a #1 centre, they arguably have three #2 centres. Backlund is more of what they have IMO.