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Originally Posted by dammage79
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.
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This team without Backlund is significantly worse than with him in the lineup. Monahan, Jankowski and Bennett cannot do what he does; and we'd be exposed often. Unless one of these guys takes a huge step forward... 5.5x5 works fine for me.