Wasn't there a comment from flames mgmt a while back that it was a priority? Assuming Bennett gets signed for more than a year the whole core of the team except Backlund is locked down.
Flames basically just need depth forwards and a backup goalie next offseason and have 19.8 mil in cap room open less whatever Bennett gets and thats without escalator which will probably cancel Bennett out and then some. So should be easy to accomodate Backlund and still give the team room to look at adding a major forward piece if they want.
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