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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
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.
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Frans Nielson signed last summer, and as they were talking on the radio he is probably the closest comparable. Signed 6 years 5.25 million but was older than Backlund.
He would get 6 or 7 years as a UFA for sure I would think.