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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
The Flames could trade Brodie in the offseason for more than they'll get for Backlund at the deadline.
If you trade Backlund, you're blowing a gigantic hole in the core of your team, and you're signalling that you've given up. You can't expect to go on a run without him, he starts 60% of his shifts in the defensive zone. I don't care if he's not great at faceoffs - he and Tkachuk have turned Troy Brouwer into 0.5 PPG player since he replaced Frolik (Or at least in the last 8 games, I don't recall how long Frolik's been out for).
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First of all I do not consider Backlund a "core" part of this team. Above average defensively, average to below average offensively, oft injured though not recently, does not scream to me as a guy you build around...which is how you define a core piece. A great support player? Absolutely. Someone I would prefer they keep at the right price? Without question. Not a guy you alter the rest of your lineup for however, and certainly not someone you just let walk for nothing when you can turn him into other assets.
If you dont trade Backlund and they miss the playoffs and he walks for nothing...tell me what a Brodie return means then?
(And i disagree you would get more for Brodie than Backlund...entirely, but that has nothing to do with what is being discussed)