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Originally Posted by Weitz
Based on comparable it would be team friendly for sure.
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Name the comparables with the contract starting close to 30 years old. We have seen the market shift to paying players in their prime years of 23-27 years old and this contract goes against that and is the same sort of overpayment we see on July 1st for players past their peak earning big contract for past performance. I can live with a $5 x 4 year deal at the absolute most and even at that it will be sad to see Backlund as a whipping boy in the last year or two of that deal as when the team struggles to keep their other young players fans are going to eyeball that deal as an albatross.