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Originally Posted by New Era
You're supposedly a hockey guy. How do you fit Backlund into the budget? Be serious about this. Put your budget hat on. Where does he fit? Monahan is your number one. Bennett is the guy you hope steps up to be your number two at worst. If you sign Backlund to a ling term contract at $5.5M, you can kiss Bennett goodbye. Plain and simple. Run the numbers. I've posted this numerous times, and it is highly accurate.
Every dollar overpaid to one player has to come out of the budget elsewhere. You really need to see the numbers in action to get a better understanding of what a few dollars here and there means. Take a $70M budget as an example, which is a fair number to use considering the cap and the space you need for call-ups for injuries and such. I would think a healthy budget breakdown is going to look like $40M on forwards, $24M on defense, and $6M on goaltending. So something like this, taking names out the mix.
$7M-$7M-$5M
$3M-$5M-$3M
$2M-$3M-$2M
$1M-$1M-$1M
$.75M-$.75M
$7M-$5M
$4M-$3M
$2M-$1.5M
.75M
$5M
$1M
Where does Backlund fit without screwing the team over when Bennett steps up?
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Budget? That has nothing to do with what you are saying in that Backlund is a 3rd line C....he just isnt that guy any longer.
As for Bennett...Im not sure he will ever be a 2nd line C in this league. I
think he can be, but nothing thus far has indicated such leap in play and in fact its starting to look like he is a much better winger.
Backlund is going to get paid...whether it be in Calgary or elsewhere. If you can keep him at 5 a year...thats a freaking steal as i do believe he could fetch much much more on the open market which is something the team needs to avoid at all costs. If they arent re-signing him they would need to trade him this summer...and i just dont see that happening.