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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 long 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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Backlund is currently the team's best player and in terms of contributing towards winning I don't think it's even close. You fit him.