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Old 07-18-2017, 03:21 PM   #97
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If the team does not have his name on an extension by Christmas they will have no alternative but to look for a trade...
Simply put: If the Flames believe by the TD that they are well positioned to play for a Stanley Cup and if Michael Backlund is a significant contributor to that success, then they are not trading him.

This idea that every player which is not extended before the last good opportunity to trade him is a wasted asset is nonsense. In a perfect world I suppose this is true. But there are too many mitigating factors to expect a general manager to treat all of his players like commodities all the time.
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