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I'm actually asking what you think a reasonable contract is for Backlund an oft injured player that has put it together for a little over a season. He is one of my favourite players but I still would be hesitant to give him that much.
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What body part of Backlund is oft-injured? Is it a recurring injury or has he simply had unrelated injuries over his career?
Fact is Backlund has missed a whopping 36 games over the last three and a half seasons, most to a training camp abdominal tear that has been replaced by a metal plate. Any player who kills penalties and battles as hard as he does is bound to get nicked up every now and then. Brouwer being a so-called iron man didn't stop his finger from breaking on a fluke injury.
Injuries are a problem when it's the same injury getting re-aggravated. That's not the case for Backlund or Giordano.
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I think we should sign him for less than 5 mill and from what I understand you think he deserves more.
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I think getting him extended through age ~33 is worth whatever premium we have to pay. But if we get him for under 5.0 million I still prefer that. But if it takes 5.25 or 5.4 million, Backlund is worth that too.
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You believe this because you think we don't need any extra cap because the farm will fill our hole on top 4 d and RW. I guess I'm skeptical.
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do believe we need more extra cap to fill holes, but Backlund is not
extra cap. He is crucial cap.
Extra cap is guys like Wideman, Brouwer, Engelland, Bouma, Stajan, Raymond Buyout, Bollig. That's "extra" cap. That's money that should go to a RW and a #4D.
Regardless, the cap applies to all 30 teams in the league. Everybody has holes they can't fill because of the cap. And our farm is hardly average, it's probably the best farm in the league right now, and our prospect pool is trails only to a team like the Flyers who have simply acquired blue chippers for nothing *cough*PhillipeMyers*cough*