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Originally Posted by RoughRiderRowdy
I agree with you. But at the end of the day we still arent a stanley cup contender and i doubt we make the playoffs this year. Realistically he is a 3rd line checking center on a stanley cup winning team we cannot afford to pay him what he would get on the open market. I bet he signs a discount deal on a stanley cup contending team
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That's not realistic at all. What 3rd line checking centre in this league puts up 50+ points and faces the other teams' top lines every night while keeping their head above water?
This organization has no piece, present or future, that can perform even half of Backlund's role.