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Originally Posted by Poe969
Will Backlund be able to keep playing like this forever though? Is this year just a career year for him or is it how he'll always be? If you look at how he's been in the past, it isn't this good. I'm all for keeping him if it's a reasonable contract but at the same time, his value has never been higher. Trading him now would be the ultimate "sell high" scenario with him. I think you have to at least explore it and see what you could get for him.
As sad as it is, I don't see the Flames making any big trades because they have too much faith in the current team. At this point I think it's misplaced because they just aren't good enough. I think management (and most fans) are too emotionally attached to some players to trade them.
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This is very true, I love Backlund but if he gets you something nice, than you do it. Maybe you a get a decent center that can replace him while Jankowski matures to take over that role, with another very nice piece coming the Flames way. If he signs for $5 million or under, than you sign him.
What I would like to see:
Lance Bouma traded for picks(what ever you can get).
Dennis Wideman traded for picks(whatever you can get).
Deryk Engelland traded for picks(whatever you can get).
Brian Elliott traded for picks(whatever you can get).
Out of that group Bouma will be the hardest to trade because he still has a few more years left but the others can easily be traded to Stanley Cup Contenders looking for depth.
With whatever you get for these, package them together with Backlund and see what you can get, at the draft and with the Las Vegas expansion team coming there will be lots of trades and movement.
I know I will get Flamed for this but if we are in the same spot come trade deadline, we should be sellers(we will be in tough position to make the playoffs and even if we do make it, with the goaltending we have, we probably wont stand a chance). With the short list of sellers, this could be a sellers market.