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Originally Posted by New Era
I respect this view. I think Backlund is a very good hockey player, a guy we need more of, not less. But you have think of where his game is going and pay for that. Where is he going to fit on this team? Do they make a mistake and overpay him for where he is going to be in two years? I hope not. I would like to keep Backlund, but only if he is on a Frolik contract. His ask is a cent over that and you move him. You can't afford to have a guy on your third line eating $5-6 million and think you're going to be competitive at the levels of the elite teams. I would rather someone else assumed that risk, and not the Calgary Flames.
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Sorry, but you are dead wrong.
This is the same kind of attitude the Avs took towards Stastny and O'Rielly.
You give your kids opportunity, but you don't put the weight of the team on their shoulders before they've shown they can carry it. That's how they broke MacKinnon and Duchene.