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Originally Posted by Psytic
Show me a top six who's never scored 50 points. I like Backlund and I always argued he would be as good as Turris and defended him in years past, but In a cap world if I'm Treliving I'm doing everything I can to get him for around what Frolik got. We don't have a lot of cap space and the team still needs a lot of work on RW and D to be a true contender. Teams that win cups have value contracts and people on hometown discounts. You basically pay your stars and that's it. Even Chicago let guys like Buff and Saad go cause of cap. I'm not saying we let Backlund walk or trade him but I wouldn't walk in first offer and hand him 5 mill when we got other guys in the pipe that need raises and holes to fill.
For the record I would of put Monahan on a bridge deal as well I think he's making way too much at this point.
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Only 41 centres scored 50 points last season. Backlund was 48th in centre scoring while taking on tough matchups and starting in the DZ a lot. Hard to argue he's not a top 6 player imo.