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Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
Backlund finally pans out to be the player we wanted him to be after waiting so long. Now we want him out?
Watch out Janko, you're up in 5 years.
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Welcome to the business side of the NHL. Simple as that. Big picture is that Tkachuk and Janko and maybe Bennett are going to get big raises. Center is a position of strength vs weak wings. If Moving Backlund grants the team itself better overall forward balance, Im afraid to say you gotta do it.
If we think with our heads instead of our hearts, there's an equal chance they move Backlund as there is of re-signing him.
I get it, Backlund should be a Flame for life, I truly believe that, but I don't see the long term advantage of keeping him over moving him to make the overall team better.