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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Money always has to enter the equation in a salary cap world. Decisions like this will alter the possibility of keeping guys like Backlund around longer. He's been okay but it's not like removing him from the team is going to alter the success of the team one way or another as he's not a driver for the success of the team in any way. If his best asset right now is his ability to be a pest then it's pretty clear he needs to go back to junior and play top line minutes.
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Don't see it that way. One more year of Tkachuk on an ELC will not matter for Backlund's next contract, unless Backlund is signing one year deals. Backlund is going to get a 5 year deal wherever he ends up. As i stated in other post if another prospect lights it up and then gets more money on next contract, would they have sent him back to save money?