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Originally Posted by TheFlamesVan
So over this past season I've read a lot of posts about Backlunds next contract. In particular, the ones who lose interest if he wants $5+Million. In my opinion he's easily worth that, so I took a look at that Selke voting list and just wrote down the cap hit for each player as a comparison.
1. Bergeron. $6.875
2. Kesler. $6.875
3. Koivu. $6.75
4. Backlund ('not worth $5.5')
5. Toews. $10.5
6. Stone. $3.5 (RFA)
7. Backstrom. $6.7
8. Tavares. $5.5 (UFA after next season)
9. J. Staal. $6
10. Crosby. $8.7
11. OReilly. $7.5 (holy Feaster that was close)
12. Marchand. $6.1
13. Granlund. $3 (RFA)
14. Hossa. $5.275
15. Kopitar. $10
16. McDavid. ($12-$14)
17. Barkov. $5.9
18. Zetterberg. $6
19. Oshie. $4.1 (UFA)
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Lol wow! Does the Ottawa media mafia ever have power!