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Originally Posted by dammage79
Have a feeling Backlund will be traded. It'll be one of those trades where the team gets to negotiate a deal before the trade takes place. This way the Flames can maximize their return and get what they want which will be what I assuming will be a cost controlled player who will be with the team for three to four years. This way the list of teams vying for his services is almost all of the teams.
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Using the Stepan trade or Turris trade as a model would net us something substantial in return for Backlund, at minimum a first this coming year (top-15) and a A- prospect. I don't know about helping the team this year but IMO we only trade Backlund if we're looking like we're out of the race anyways, so futures should be the target.