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I think it's often a mistake to look at one roster movement in isolation, especially in the off season. Assets are typically managed in clustered moves, so you can't look at trading Backlund as depleting centre depth without knowing what other additions and subtractions there would be after that. Sometimes a lateral move, or a small sacrifice of "trading down" can be justified if it allows for other moves.

We can't get sentimental IMO and the "buy-low, sell-high" strategy is one the perennial winners employ all the time, outside of their absolute best players (although even sometimes then).

I'm certainly not itching to trade him, but he is legitimate trade bait IMO. If you want something good back, you need to give something good in return.