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Originally Posted by Parallex
Terrible idea...
1: This is Backs last shot at a long term deal... you'd have to really overpay him annually to get him to accept that
2: Overpaying him short reduces his transactional value.
3: We're not projected to have any cap pressure in 3 years.
... Backs is a very valuable member of this team on the ice and a valuable member of the community off-ice. Folk should stop trying to undercut him and accept that we need to sign him long term and moreso that he deserves to be signed long term.
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Tired of this 'valuable in the community rhetoric'. If he was gone another player would take his place. Most are required by their contracts to be visible in the community these days so it doesn't deserve accolades.
I don't see Backlund even being a problem to re-sign. He's making 3.575 per. You can't convince me anyone, even on the open market, is going to dish out more than 5.5 per at 5 years for a guy like him. The team can certainly make this work even at 6M per with Stajan, Versteeg and other buyouts coming off the books. If they were willing to commit to Troy Brouwer for 4 seasons they won't have an issue going 5-6 with Backlund.