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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
And so what if he does? He is still not likely to be significantly better than whomever we pick at 6, not worth the cost of a 2nd line 2-way center. You can't convince me otherwise. You like many others are blinded by the idea of a shiny new top 3 pick and willing to throw away another season to get it.
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Do you think Backlund will re-sign with this team after his current contact? Would you want him to if it was in excess of $5.0-5.5m over 6 or so years? Because that is what we are looking at come July 1st, 2017 after he puts up 40-47+ points again. Poor man's Derek Stepan or hell, Derek Stepan in another universe.
If the answer is no, then BT needs to start planting the seed to trade Backlund yesterday IMO. Execute the trade on his terms but hopefully BT knows whether or not he will be saving $$ for Backlund to be one of the top 4-5 paid players on the team.
I should preface that I love Backlund but this team is not a contender and should still be analyzing everything in a forward thinking fashion. Times a ticking on Mr. Backlund unfortunately.